Patent · US Expired

Apparatus using an everted hose for inspecting the interior of a lateral pipeline

US4991006A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 8, 1990
Grant dateFeb 5, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/185
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A pipeline extending laterally from a main pipeline is inspected from the main line by utilizing an everted hose originally located in the main pipeline to project a TV camera into and along the lateral pipeline.

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