Login| Sign Up| Help| Contact|

Patent Searching and Data


Title:
MAGNETIC ATTRACTION CONVEYING VEHICLE AND IN-PIPE INSPECTION VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009035238
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a conveying vehicle and an in-pipe inspection vehicle capable of entering a pipe and traveling even if the pipe diameter is varied and a vertical branch is present.

Two magnetic attraction type crawlers 1 are bonded by a hinge 4 of two-freedom, thereby, the respective crawlers 1 are closely adhered to a pipe wall according to the shape of the pipe wall and are magnetically attracted. Further, the vehicle having a device 2 for giving stabilization moment so as not to be dropped off when it travels a vertical branch part is traveled inside the pipe by operating an independently driving type motor while monitoring the inside of the pipe by a TV camera. Thereby, an article is conveyed and the inside of the pipe is inspected by the small scale vehicle.


Inventors:
NAGAYA KOSUKE
KUBO HIROMICHI
Application Number:
JP2007220377A
Publication Date:
February 19, 2009
Filing Date:
July 31, 2007
Export Citation:
Click for automatic bibliography generation   Help
Assignee:
NAGAYA KOSUKE
International Classes:
B62D33/073; B61B13/10; B62D57/024