Vehicle for traversing external curved surfaces

A vehicle, designed to move across an external curved surface such as that of a pipe or cable, for example to monitor the condition of the surface or enable the application of a treatment to the surface, comprises two generally hollow bodies (10, 11; 18; 21; 28, 29), interconnected by means (12) to...

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Main Authors STUTCHBURY, NEIL WILLIAM, APPLETON, ERNEST
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 30.03.2005
Edition7
Subjects
EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
RAILWAY SYSTEMS
RAILWAYS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A vehicle, designed to move across an external curved surface such as that of a pipe or cable, for example to monitor the condition of the surface or enable the application of a treatment to the surface, comprises two generally hollow bodies (10, 11; 18; 21; 28, 29), interconnected by means (12) to move the bodies towards and away from each other, each body having generally parallel, generally flat resilient members (14; 19; 22; 25, 26) each having a generally central aperture, which apertures are in general alignment.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19980309222