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- Patent Title: Radial springs on sensor arms of pipeline inspection tool
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Application No.: US17180072Application Date: 2021-02-19
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Publication No.: US11579119B1Publication Date: 2023-02-14
- Inventor: Arthur K Fox , William Geoffrey Callahan
- Applicant: Arthur K Fox , William Geoffrey Callahan
- Applicant Address: US UT Murray; US UT Cedar Hills
- Assignee: Arthur K Fox,William Geoffrey Callahan
- Current Assignee: Arthur K Fox,William Geoffrey Callahan
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Murray; US UT Cedar Hills
- Agency: Chad Hinrichs, PLLC
- Main IPC: G01N27/82
- IPC: G01N27/82 ; G01N27/87 ; F16L55/28 ; F16L101/30

Abstract:
A set of radial springs to bias the sensor arms of an inline pipeline inspection tool radially outward towards the pipe wall. The springs are resilient clips typically made of metal which bias adjacent sensor arms away from one another and radially outward. There are two sets of springs, a forward set and a rearward set which operate independent of each other. Each set of springs operates on a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of the body of the tool and perpendicular to the planes upon which the sensor arms extend.
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