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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:
Mar. 30, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert E Womack, Forest, VA (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
745023 ; 745025 ;
Abstract
A positioning spine for driving equipment used in inspecting tubing. A helical extension spring has a plurality of wheeled carriers mounted thereon at selected intervals. Wheels mounted on each carrier rotate in planes radial to the spring to allow the positioning spine to travel through tubes having bends in more than one plane. Each carrier is formed from two body sections that are fastened together around the spring.