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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mark Francis Lucien Harper, Cambridge, GB;

Michael Ray Gorman, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/910 ; G01N 2/906 ; G01N 2/926 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/910 ; G01N 2/906 ; G01N 2/926 ;
Abstract

An apparatus as disclosed for mounting a liquid-filled pipe by the use of ultrasound techniques. The apparatus comprises a vehicle capable of fitting inside the pipe, and of being transported along the pipe by the liquid flowing into it, together with rings of several ultrasonic transducers spaced circumferentially round the vehicle. The rings are so arranged that one ring operates in the reflection mode purely radially while two further rings operate as a pair in a longitudinal refraction mode. A fourth ring is used in a circumferential refraction/reflection mode. The vehicle has an associated power supply, data gathering and storage capability and a vehicle for measuring the distance traveled along the pipe.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Harper, Mark Francis Lucien. (2002). Monitoring pipes (U.S. Patent No. 6474165). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6474165

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