Patent ID: 8371173
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A portable ultrasonic probe deployment device for inspecting material located on an inspection surface, the device comprising: a housing; an ultrasonic probe attached to the housing; a conforming seal attached to a bottom side of the housing and conforming to the inspection surface, the conforming seal forming a seal around the inspection site; a cavity created within the housing and the seal, the cavity extending along a portion of an ultrasonic wave path that includes the inspection site; a permeable membrane attached to the bottom side of the housing between the housing and the seal, the permeable membrane dividing the cavity into a non-contact chamber contained by the housing and a contact chamber contained by the seal; a water supply port connected to the non-contact chamber for supplying water to the non-contact chamber, the permeable membrane permitting flow of water from the non-contact chamber to the contact chamber.