Railways – Tubular way – Internal service device
Patent
1986-08-04
1988-09-13
Noland, Tom
Railways
Tubular way
Internal service device
738665, G01M 1900
Patent
active
047701056
ABSTRACT:
A piping travelling apparatus having a plurality of continuous treads driven by motors through transmission gearing. The continuous treads are mounted to a frame and spaced apart a predetermined distance peripherally of the inner wall surface of the piping. At least one of the continuous treads is kept in contact with the inner wall surface of the piping no matter what the posture of the apparatus may be, so that the apparatus can travel without any trouble even if its posture undergoes a change when it moves along elevations and depressions on the inner wall surface of the piping or negotiates the boundary between different levels of the inner wall surface or bends of the piping. The apparatus enables a travel through piping of relatively small diameter having vertical or steeply slanted pipes to be made without any trouble.
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Kurita Shinichi
Sakamoto Kiyoshi
Sakuma Yasuzi
Sato Chikara
Takagi Atsushi
Hitachi , Ltd.
Noland Tom
Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.
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