US Patent Issued to SeeScan on Jan. 20 for "Inward sloped drum face for pipe inspection camera system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,442, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SeeScan Inc. (San Diego).

"Inward sloped drum face for pipe inspection camera system" was invented by Mark S. Olsson (La Jolla, Calif.), David C. Parsons (San Marcos, Calif.), Andrew P. Corvin (San Diego) and Alexander L. Warren (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cable storage drum-reels, methods and systems are provided for deploying and retracting at least one push-cable with a distally mounted camera into and out of a pipe or cavity for applications such as plumbing and underground utility location. In an exemplary embodiment, a cable storage drum may include a centrally mount...