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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
May. 17, 1989
Bernard Fraignier, Villemonble, FR;
Christian Roger, Bois Colombes, FR;
Societe Anonyme dite Hispano-Suiza, Saint-Cloud, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for optically checking the inner profile of a tube or a bore, especially the tubes of steam generators in nuclear power stations, the apparatus includes a probe which is positioned within and is movable longitudinally within the tube or bore and is connected to an external power supply and analysis system. The probe includes a source of light, a mechanism for causing the light to illuminate the wall of the tube or bore along a line corresponding to the intersection of the wall with a cross-sectional plane, and a mechanism for forming an image of this line on a photo-sensitive sensor, so that variations in the inner profile of the tube or bore can be determined from deviations of the image from a theoretical image corresponding to the typical profile of the tube or bore.
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