Patent ID: 9244024
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G01N,G21K

Claim Text:
1. A digital radiographic tool for inspecting a pipe with obstructions adjacent said pipe, a power source to operate said digital radiographic tool, said digital radiographic tool comprising: a track assembly removably secured along said pipe, said track assembly being in sections joined and held together by a latch; a gear rack in said track assembly and extending along with said track assembly; a drive car mounted on said track assembly; an arm assembly attached on a first end to said drive car, which arm assembly is perpendicular and adjacent to said pipe, said arm assembly being extendable along a longitudinal axis thereof; a linear digital array being attached to a second end of said arm assembly and held adjacent said pipe; a collimator assembly attached to said drive car on a near end thereof; a collimator on a far end of said collimator assembly, said collimator for directing x-rays on gamma rays toward said pipe, said linear digital array for collecting x-rays or gamma rays that pass through said pipe; gears in said drive car connected to said gear rack in said track assembly; a motor in said drive car for turning said gears, said power source being connected to said motor, said collimator and said linear digital array so that as said drive car is moved along said track assembly by said motor via said gears, said collimator directs said x-rays or gamma rays toward said pipe and said linear digital array collects any x-rays or gamma rays that have passed through said pipe; and recorder for receiving and recording said collected x-rays or gamma rays verses position along said pipe to show any defects in said pipe.