Patent ID: 6112593
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A portable non-destructive inspection device comprising:a portable ultrasonic detector having an input and output section, an external probe, a signal processing section, a display section having a display of a size sufficient to display echo waves and an operating section, anda support casing that supports said ultrasonic detector,wherein said ultrasonic detector can be freely combined to or separated from said support casing, and further,said portable non-destructive inspection device including:said support casing having an open hollow formed on a front section thereof that is used for receiving a part of said ultrasonic detector, and a section for stabilizing a center of balance at a bottom section thereof, and said support casing having side walls and a handle mounted on said side walls that rotates between a support position and a carrying position, wherein when said handle is in said support position, said front section of said support casing is supported by said handle,said part of said ultrasonic detector received in said open hollow is at a rear section of said ultrasonic detector, andwhen said ultrasonic detector is combined with said support casing by fitting said part into said open hollow so as to form a single combined device, the single combined device is used as a set-up type device in which an operating/displaying screen of said ultrasonic detector is placed at a front section of said single combined device, while when said ultrasonic detector is separated from said support casing, said ultrasonic detector is operable as a portable type devices,wherein said section for stabilizing a center of balance of said support casing has a power source having sufficient weight to stabilize the center of balance of the inspection device when said ultrasonic detector is combined with said support casing, andwherein said ultrasonic detector has an exclusive power source for use when said ultrasonic detector is separated from said support casing.