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US 2020/0114497 A1Published application
Selectively Flexible Extension Tool
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorAndrew Crispin Graham
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Abstract
A tool assembly includes a first selectively flexible tool including a first plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable between a slacked position and a tensioned position; and a second selectively flexible tool including a second plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable between a slacked position and a tensioned position, the second plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable over or through the first plurality of sequentially arranged links.
Claims28
A tool assembly comprising:
- a first selectively flexible tool comprising a first plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable between a slacked position and a tensioned position;
- and
- a second selectively flexible tool comprising a second plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable between a slacked position and a tensioned position, the second plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable over or through the first plurality of sequentially arranged links.
A method for operating a tool assembly within an environment comprising:
- inserting a first selectively flexible tool into the environment while the first selectively flexible tool is in a slacked position;
- moving the first selectively flexible tool to a tensioned position;
- positioning a second selectively flexible tool at least partially over or through the first selectively flexible tool while the second selectively flexible tool is in a slacked position;
- and
- moving the second selectively flexible tool to a tensioned position.
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