IP Library Granted Patent US 9,715,100
Granted Patent B2
US 9,715,100 · App. 14/336,680 · Granted Jul 25, 2017

Blade inspection system

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Patent No.
US 9,715,100
App. No.
14/336,680
Granted
Jul 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Regarding a blade inspection system, each of endo scope guide devices for a borescope has an insertion portion guide tube for guiding an insertion portion and a first fixing portion which is provided on the insertion portion guide tube and fixes the insertion portion guide tube in a corresponding external access port. When the insertion portion is attached into the insertion portion guide tube, lengths of extending portions of the endoscope guide devices are different between the plurality of endoscope guide devices extending from the corresponding external access port so that a position for observing a predetermined portion of a blade by an observation optical system of the insertion portion comes to a position determined in advance for each of the corresponding external access ports.

Claims (15)

1. A blade inspection system for inspecting a plurality of blades periodically disposed on a periphery of a rotating shaft of a rotor of an engine and rotated on the rotating shaft, comprising:

an endoscope having an insertion portion in which an observation optical system is provided; and

a plurality of guide devices attached to external access ports different from each other of the engine in order to guide the insertion portion of the endoscope into the engine, wherein

each of the guide devices has:

a guide tube for guiding the insertion portion; and

a first fixing portion which is provided on the guide tube and fixes the guide tube in the corresponding external access port; and

a length of an extending portion of the guide device extending from the corresponding external access port is different among the plurality of guide devices so that, when the insertion portion is attached in the guide tube, a position for observing a predetermined portion of the blade by the observation optical system of the insertion portion comes to a position determined in advance for each of the corresponding external access ports.

2. The blade inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the guide devices has a second fixing portion for fixing the insertion portion in an axial direction of the guide tube; and

in order that the length of the extending portion of the guide device is different among the plurality of guide devices, a length in the axial direction of the guide tube of the second fixing portion is different among the plurality of guide devices.

3. The blade inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the guide devices has a rotational movement amount restricting mechanism portion which is provided in the guide tube and restricts a rotational movement amount of the insertion portion around an axis of the guide tube.

4. The blade inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the guide devices has a second fixing portion for fixing the insertion portion in an axial direction of the guide tube and a rotational movement amount restricting mechanism portion which is provided in the guide tube and restricts a rotational movement amount of the insertion portion around an axis of the guide tube; and

in order that the length of the extending portion of the guide device is different among the plurality of guide devices, a length in the axial direction of the guide tube of the second fixing portion is different among the plurality of guide devices.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2020
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: ROLLS ROYCE PLC
Reel/Frame 054459/0462 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 15, 2017
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042821/0621 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2014
From: KONOMURA, YUTAKA; KOBAYASHI, EIICHI; HORI, FUMIO
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033354/0887 →