Patent ID: 6877389

Claim:
A device for the remote inspection of tubes comprising: a longitudinally extending rail assembly having a proximate and distal end; worksite mounting means attached to the proximate of the rail assembly; an elongate flexible wand guided along the rail assembly; a take-up reel attached to the worksite mounting means for windingly supporting one end of the elongate flexible wand; a carriage means attached for longitudinal movement along the rail assembly; and an inspection probe attached to a second end of the elongate flexible wand, wherein the rail assembly includes an elongate rail having a kickstand attached at the distal end for pivotable movement from a position aligned with a longitudinal axis of the rail to a position transverse to the longitudinal axis of the rail, wherein the elongate, flexible wand includes a non-circular central section defining an elongate interior channel for receiving probe cabling and two opposed longitudinally extending flat wings on each side of the non-circular central section in which each wing has a longitudinal row of indexing holes formed therein positioned remote from the non-circular section, and wherein the carriage means receives the second end of the elongate, flexible wand and includes a drive means for indexed movement of the flexible wand from a direction along the longitudinal axis of the rail to a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the rail.