US Patent Issued to SMC on Sept. 15 for "Pipe inspection system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,432, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SMC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Pipe inspection system" was invented by Hiroyuki Okuhira (Tsukubamirai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe inspection system which tests for compressed air leaks in a section to be inspected in a pipe has a first branch pipe and a second branch pipe. The first branch pipe branches from the pipe upstream of the section to be inspected, and joins the pipe, upstream of the section to be inspected. The second branch pipe branches from the pipe downstream of the section to be inspected. The first branch pipe has a fluorescent solvent supply unit provided therein that s...