SURFACE TRAVERSING VEHICLE

A vehicle for traversing a surface, for example for carrying out an inspection, survey or maintenance operation upon that surface, comprises two or more bodies (10, 11) interconnected by means (12) to move t he bodies towards and away from each other, each of the bodies being supported upon a multip...

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Hauptverfasser:	STUTCHBURY, NEIL WILLIAM, APPLETON, ERNEST
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BLASTING CLEANING CLEANING IN GENERAL ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HEATING JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES LIGHTING MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PIPES PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL TRANSPORTING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A vehicle for traversing a surface, for example for carrying out an inspection, survey or maintenance operation upon that surface, comprises two or more bodies (10, 11) interconnected by means (12) to move t he bodies towards and away from each other, each of the bodies being supported upon a multiplicity of resilient bristles (15) extending from it. By relative movement of the bodies, the vehicle is able to traverse the surface, which may be flat or curved, for example the internal or external surface of a tubular conduit such as a tunnel, shaft or pipe.