Rotatable inspection port
AssigneePowersmiths International Corp.
InventorDesmond P. Faria
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Abstract
An inspection port, and a housing with an inspection port, for use in inspecting an interior volume are provided. The inspection port has a viewing assembly for rotatable securement about an axis of rotation at an inspection opening of a panel defining a side of an interior volume. The viewing assembly has an inspection enclosure for extending into the interior volume. The inspection enclosure has a region with a window opening having a window axis angled relative to the axis of rotation. The housing has an inspection opening at or over which the inspection port is mounted.
Claims29
An inspection port comprising a viewing assembly for rotatable securement about an axis of rotation at an inspection opening of a panel defining a side of an interior volume to be inspected, the viewing assembly having an inspection enclosure offset to one side of said viewing assembly for extending into the interior volume with said inspection enclosure primarily located within the interior volume and rotatable about said axis of rotation, and wherein the inspection enclosure has a region with a window opening having a fixed window axis angled relative to the axis of rotation for locating said window opening within said interior volume to one side of the panel and further comprising an inspection window structure attached to the inspection enclosure at the window opening.
A housing comprising:
- a housing enclosure, defining an interior volume, the housing enclosure having an inspection opening;
- and,
- a viewing assembly rotatably secured to the housing enclosure for rotation about an axis of rotation at the inspection opening, the viewing assembly having an inspection enclosure offset to one side inspection opening and extending into the interior volume, and wherein the inspection enclosure has a region with a window opening having a window axis angled relative to the axis of rotation, said window opening being located to extend away from a wall of said housing enclosure into said interior volume and further comprising an inspection window structure attached to the inspection enclosure at the window opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.