Flangeless canister for in-line inspection tool
AssigneeElectromechanical Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPhilip M. Hoyt, Arthur K. Fox
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Abstract
An in-line inspection tool comprising a sensor suite, a processor processing the signal generated by at least one sensor of the sensor suite, and a canister housing the processor is disclosed. The canister may comprise a canister body formed as a hollow cylinder extending along a central axis from a first end to a second end. The canister may further comprise a canister lid inserted within the first end of the canister body. An alignment mechanism may prevent rotation of the canister lid with respect to the canister body about the central axis. A retaining ring may threadedly engage the first end of the canister body to maintain the canister lid within the first end of the canister body.
Claims13
An in-line inspection tool for inspecting a pipeline while traveling therethrough, the in-line inspection tool comprising:
- a sensor suite comprising a plurality of sensors, each sensor of the plurality of sensors generating a signal;
- a processor processing the signal generated by at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors to produce a processed signal;
- a memory device storing the signal generated by at least one sensor and the processed signal;
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- a canister housing the processor and memory device and comprising
- a canister body formed as a hollow cylinder extending along a central axis from a first end to a second end opposite the first end,
- a canister lid inserted within the first end of the canister body,
- an alignment mechanism preventing rotation of the canister lid with respect to the canister body about the central axis, and
- a retaining ring engaging via threads the first end of the canister body to maintain the canister lid within the first end of the canister body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.