Patent ID: 7798024

Claim:
Modular internal inspection system for liquid fuel storage tanks, capable of allowing visual inspection of any internal area, as well as collecting samples of the stored product, characterized by including an assembly constituted by the following components: an operation module which allows the operator to control a pneumatic controller, to control the operation of sample collection, to view the inside of the tank, and to record the data that is transferred by the internal tank inspection system; a control module that receives the information from the operation module, processes the information and sends an actuator signal to the interface module; an interface module which receives the actuator signal, processed by the control module, and converts it into the proper pattern of actuation for the pneumatic module; a pneumatic module, which regulates the pressure and the gas output received from a gas supply source, into the inside of the pneumatic controller; a number of connecting cables; the pneumatic controller comprises: a) terminal module which includes a clad tube of the terminal module, a number of pneumatic chambers of the terminal module a central tube of the terminal module, a collection tube of the terminal module, an intermediary connection of the terminal module and a terminal connection, which houses an image capturing device, and a sample collecting device.