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US 2014/0192179 A1Published application
Remote inspection device
AssigneeInspectron, Inc.
InventorsBrent F. Lyons, Tye L. Newman, Shepherd H. Whitcomb
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Abstract
A portable inspection unit is provided. The portable inspection unit may include a unit body, a flexible cable, and an imager housing, The flexible cable may extend from the unit body and the imager housing may be disposed at a distal end of the flexible cable. The portable inspection unit may be configured to receive an actuating accessory.
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A portable inspection unit comprising:
- a unit body;
- a flexible cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion extending from the unit body;
- an imager housing disposed at the distal end of the flexible cable;
- a port disposed in a top surface portion of the unit body;
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- a grasper extending from a distal end portion of the imager housing.
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A portable inspection unit comprising:
- a unit body;
- a flexible cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion extending from the unit body;
- an imager housing disposed at the distal end of the flexible cable;
- a port disposed in a top surface portion of the unit body;
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- a trigger mechanism configured to extend and retract, wherein the trigger mechanism is configured to releasably attach an actuating accessory.
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A portable inspection unit comprising:
- a unit body;
- a flexible cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion extending from the unit body;
- an imager housing disposed at the distal end of the flexible cable;
- a port disposed in a top surface portion of the unit body;
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- a translational motion assembly comprising a drive unit and an actuating unit, the scaling device being configured to cause greater output motion in the actuating unit than input to the driving unit.
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A portable inspection unit comprising:
- a unit body;
- a flexible cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion extending from the unit body;
- an imager housing disposed at the distal end of the flexible cable;
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- a port disposed in a top surface portion of the unit body configured to receive a fluid dispersion tube through an internal passageway extending through the portable the unit body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.