公开(公告)号：US20140196969A1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-17

申请号：US13740951

申请日：2013-01-14

申请人： SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

发明人： Kma M. JAFFARULLAH ,  Fahad A. AL-WEHEBI ,  Mohammed Ahmed BAAGEEL

IPC分类号： B60S9/14 ,  B62D15/00

CPC分类号： B08B5/04 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B08B3/024 ,  G01N33/00 ,  G05D1/00

摘要： A robotic holiday testing apparatus for detecting and marking holidays in the protective coating atop a metal base plate of a storage tank, including: a. a vehicle, b. a power drive unit selectively coupled to a first set of wheels to move the vehicle in the forward or backward direction, and to a second set of wheels to move the vehicle and the right or left direction, c. a holiday detection apparatus having a wettable sponge electrical contact element for establishing an electric circuit with the base plate through each of the holidays, d. a tank for containing an electrolytic fluid supplied into the wettable sponge, and e. a controller which selectively operates the power drive unit to: move the vehicle in the forward direction for selected distance, and f. to move the vehicle in the left or right direction for selected distance, the vehicle thus being movable along a path while the holiday testing apparatus thereon detects and marks holidays for subsequent repair.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在储罐的金属底板上的保护涂层中检测和标记假日的机器人假日测试装置，包括：a。 一辆车，b。 电动驱动单元选择性地联接到第一组车轮以使车辆向前或向后方向移动，并且连接到第二组车轮以使车辆和左右方向移动，c。 假日检测装置具有可湿性海绵电接触元件，用于通过每个节假日与基板建立电路，d。 用于容纳供应到可湿性海绵中的电解液的罐， 控制器，其选择性地操作所述动力驱动单元以：使所述车辆沿向前方向移动选定距离，以及f。 为了使车辆向左或右方向移动选定的距离，车辆因此可以沿着路径移动，而假期测试设备在其上检测并标记假期用于随后的修理。