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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2021
Applicants:
Arthur K Fox, Murray, UT (US);
William Geoffrey Callahan, Cedar Hills, UT (US);
Inventors:
Arthur K Fox, Murray, UT (US);
William Geoffrey Callahan, Cedar Hills, UT (US);
Assignee:
Cypress In-Line Inspection, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/82 (2006.01); G01N 27/87 (2006.01); F16L 55/28 (2006.01); F16L 101/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/87 (2013.01); F16L 55/28 (2013.01); F16L 2101/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A set of radial springs to bias the sensor arms of an inline pipeline inspection tool radially outward towards the pipe wall. The springs are resilient clips typically made of metal which bias adjacent sensor arms away from one another and radially outward. There are two sets of springs, a forward set and a rearward set which operate independent of each other. Each set of springs operates on a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of the body of the tool and perpendicular to the planes upon which the sensor arms extend.