Patent ID: 9401229
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G21C,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. An inspection apparatus for a penetration pipe formed at a nuclear reactor head, comprising: a body; a probe module installed at the body and having a probe which is inserted in the penetration pipe to inspect damage of the penetration pipe, the probe module being configured to move along a longitudinal direction of the body and move up and down along a vertical direction of the body so that the probe is drawn from an inside of the body to an outside of the body and drawn from the outside of the body into the inside of the body the vertical direction of the body being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the body; a fixing module installed at the body positioned at a distance from the probe module along the longitudinal direction of the body, configured to move along the longitudinal direction of the body, and having one of an expanding cylinder which is inserted in the penetration pipe to support an inner diameter of the penetration pipe and a cone support rotating gripper configured to support an outer diameter of a cone of the penetration pipe; and a rotating module fixed to the body installed at a distance from the fixing module in the longitudinal direction of the body and having one selected from the group consisting of: (1) an expanding cylinder which is inserted in the penetration pipe to support the inner diameter of the penetration pipe, (2) an outer diameter support gripper configured to support an outer diameter of the penetration pipe, and (3) a cone support rotating gripper configured to support said outer diameter of said cone of the penetration pipe.