Patents Examined by Alvin C. Shu
  • Patent number: 4690247
    Abstract: The inspection car is intended to inspect the lower side of the bridge construction of a high level road from above the high level road as well as from the ground and it comprises a swingable and extensible boom vertically swingably pivoted on a rotatable pedestal rotatably mounted on the chassis of the car about the vertical rotational axis of the pedestal, a reciprocal boom pivotally mounted on the tip of the swingable and extensible boom through a saddle, and an extensible inspection passageway pivotally connected to one end of the reciprocal boom, the passageway being swingable between a position parallel to the reciprocal boom and a position at right angle thereto while it is allowed to be rotated about the longitudinal axis of the reciprocal boom, a plurality of hydraulic cylinder means for the movement of the respective components listed above, and a control device for detecting the amount of movement of each component and controlling the movement thereof on the basis of the detected amount of movement
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katunori Yoshida