Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inspection apparatus guide system
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Application No.: US13937974Application Date: 2013-07-09
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Publication No.: US10031331B2Publication Date: 2018-07-24
- Inventor: Daniel Lawrence Banowetz , Jordan Christopher Baker , Thomas James Batzinger , Anthony James George , Ronald Irving Longwell , Matthew Peter Scoffone , Daniel David Soloway
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Agent Ernest G. Cusick
- Main IPC: G02B23/16
- IPC: G02B23/16 ; G02B23/24 ; H02K15/00 ; G01N21/952 ; H02K5/12

Abstract:
A valve body in a passage of a housing connected to a through hole in a sealed machine casing can allow an inspection apparatus into an interior of the casing when open, and prevents fluid flow through the passage when closed. Seals can engage the inspection apparatus to prevent fluid flow through the passage during inspection or inspection apparatus movement. A guide conduit in the casing can include branches and can guide the inspection apparatus to multiple inspection sites. Guide marks can identify the branches to assist with navigation within the casing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150013791A1 INSPECTION APPARATUS GUIDE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-01-15
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