Fiberscopic device for inspection of internal sections of constr

Details Fiberscopic device for inspection of internal sections of constr Fiberscopic device for inspection of internal sections of constr

1985-11-18

1987-09-29

Sikes, William L.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

350 9625, 350320, 128 4, 128 6, 356241, 414 1, G02B 2326, A61B 100, G01N 2116, B25J 100

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active

046965440

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for using the same to inspect the interior of a construction such as a vessel, piping, machinery and the like, including jet engine combustion cans, comprises a fiberscope having a probe carrying fiberoptic systems which is inserted into the construction interior through an articulable and rotatable guide insertion tube. The guide insertion tube is articulated and/or rotated to manipulate the fiberscope probe and aim it toward a passage into an adjacent interior section. Once the fiberscope probe is extended out of the guide insertion tube and into the next interior section, it acts as a lead wire over which the guide insertion tube in pushed to extend the guide insertion tube into the next section, and so forth for the desired number of interior sections.

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