Inspection device and inspection method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
InventorsManabu WATANABE, Akihiro MATSUZAKI, Fumio SATO, Fujio TERAI, Hitoshi KATAYAMA, Yuichiro GUNJI
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, an inspection device comprises a moving body that includes; a moving main body which moves in contact with a first structure; arms attached to the moving main body; an arm driver to drive the arms; and a detector attached to the moving main body or the arms to inspect the second structure. The arms each can selectively take a pressed position and a detached position. When the moving body is moved, at least one of the arms are in the pressed position and pressed to the second structure, and the moving body is supported by the first and second structures.
Claims12
An inspection device comprising:
- a moving main body to be inserted in a gap between a first structure and a second structure facing outside of the first structure;
- a moving driver to drive the moving body on and along the first structure;
- at least two arms attached to the moving main body;
- an arm driver to drive the arms so that the arms each selectively takes a pressed position where the arm expands toward the second structure to be pressed to the second structure, and a detached position where the arm is detached from the second structure;
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- at least one detector attached to at least one of the moving main body and the arms, to inspect at least one of the first and second structures, wherein
- the arm driver is configured to drive at least one of the at least two arms to be maintained in the pressed position when the moving main body is moved.
An inspection method comprising:
- a moving step of moving a main body along a first structure, while the main body is disposed in a gap between the first structure and a second structure facing outside of the first structure;
- an arm driving step of driving arms so that the at least two arms each selectively takes a pressed position where the arm extends toward the second structure to be pressed to the second structure, and a detached position where the arm is detached from the second structure;
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- an inspection step of inspecting at least one of the first and second structures, by at least one detector attached to at least one of the moving main body and the arms, wherein
- the arm driving step is conducted while at least one of the at least two arms are maintained in the pressed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.