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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4200986 | Digital indicator The digital indicator measures surface deviations from a reference measurement point and employs a probe or plunger positionable against a part that is being measured such as a machine part. The device basically comprises, in addition to the probe or plun... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4198362 | Method and apparatus for molding and replicating minute surface characteristics A method and apparatus for reproducing in minute detail a surface underwater. The apparatus consists of a layer of wax supported in a frame for movement into and out of contact with the surface to be reproduced, there being provided means for heating wax ... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4179919 | Terrain contour tracking system An analog surface profile follower and indicator system is disclosed which neumatically senses and follows the gradients occurring in the surface of either the earth's terrain or a modelboard by means of a pneumatic probe and negative feedback control sub-... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4175332 | Method of measuring directional properties of surface of shafts Disclosed is a method of measuring the directional properties of the surface of shafts by pressing a measuring contact terminal against the surface of an objective shaft which is horizontally and rotatably supported, to thereby measure the amount of movem... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4149187 | Printing plate inspection apparatus A printing plate inspection apparatus for inspecting the dot profile of photo-engraved printing plates having a length of opaque material having a straight edge which is placed adjacent the surface to be inspected with a light source to light the surface ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148027 | Surface roughness measuring apparatus A doppler radar of the type normally used to measure relative speed between a transmitter and a reflector is mounted so that its antenna is directed toward the surface to be measured. The radar is coupled to a means for de-emphasizing the doppler shift fr... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4133204 | Roughness diagnostic tool A roughness measuring tool wherein a pair of discs are mounted in spaced allel relation for rotation by a motor about a common axis with a face of only one of the discs being exposed to a layer of fluid contacting a surface to be tested. A torsionally re... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4126036 | Surface roughness analyzer A surface roughness analyzer uses a varying electrical output of a transducer attached to a stylus scanning a surface to provide a pulse train having a pulse duration representative of the peak support width established when the output crosses a reference... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4111040 | Testing for corrosion of the internal wall of a metal chamber Device for the detection of corrosion of the internal wall of a metal chamber. The device comprises at least one apparatus for measuring a physical quantity as a function of the condition of the surface of the internal wall of the chamber, such apparatus ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4106333 | Method of and apparatus for examining the roughness of surfaces The invention provides a method of examining roughness of a surface of a workpiece, comprising: scanning said surface by means of a resiliently mounted support element during linear relative movement between a sensing element and said surface whereby self... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4103542 | Metrology instrument for measuring vertical profiles of integrated circuits A surface profile measuring instrument, which has a stylus supported on a counterbalanced scanner arm, in turn supported in a gimbal mounting having two axes, one of which is adjustable by a servo. A connected electronics package provides axis compensatio... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4084324 | Measuring instrument A surface measurement apparatus of the type in which a sensor is traversed along a path in contact with or adjacent the surface of a component under test. The sensor has three or more transducers which, in the described embodiment, physically contact the ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4081989 | Device for measuring the stress of tangential friction of a shoe on a surfacing for the ground A device for measuring the stress of tangential friction of a shoe on a surfacing for the ground comprises a guiding device, a carriage displaceable over the length of said guiding device, a shoe on said carriage and being subjected to a vertical load dyn... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4050294 | Apparatus and method of measuring surface roughness A carriage mounted to be driven with a reciprocating motion carries a probe with a stylus and also carries a yoke to move relative to a potentiometer. The unit includes a readily replaceable bushing to permit alignment of the probe in various sizes of hol... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4050293 | Device for detecting the unevenness of a curved surface In a detecting device of the unevenness of a curved surface of an object, the detecting device is characterized by providing means for seizing or holding the object, means for moving the seizing means in a predetermined direction, a variation detector for... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4048849 | Method and apparatus for measuring surface flatness of material Method and apparatus wherein a set of three non-contact gap detectors are arranged at predetermined regular intervals parallel to and in the direction of measurement of the surface flatness of a material, and the gap between the material and each detector... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4043187 | Method of measuring surface roughness A method of measuring surface roughness of an object indirectly according to a tracer method by forming two different kinds of replicas. The first replica is made of a flexible material which can be easily stripped off from either the object surface or fr... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4024755 | Deflector roll for measuring and checking the flatness of sheet metal stretched in motion A deflector roll for measuring and checking the flatness of sheet metal under tension and as it passes round the roll comprises a non rotatable inner portion carrying axially spaced radial stress detectors in axially spaced measurement zones spaced by neu... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4019379 | Pneumatic roughness measurer A method for measuring the surface roughness of a workpiece, comprising filling two capacitors with a compressed gas at specific pressures; applying to the rough surface of the workpiece to be studied the open end of a bell-form sensor connected to a seco... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3988215 | Method for recording potential capacity of a formed foil in a continuous foil forming process In a continuous electrolytic foil forming process employing a constant d.c. voltage power supply, the speed with which the foil is drawn through the electrolyte is automatically adjusted by a feedback mechanism to maintain a constant value of forming curr... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3983746 | Road roughness meter This invention detects, indicates and records road surface deviations in the normally-traveled vehicle tracks. Surface deviations detectable range from less than one inch in height to the largest height negotiable by the vehicle carrying the instrument. F... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3973441 | Accelerometer pig A pipeline pig adapted to carry inspection components to determine flaws in a pipeline wall arising from corrosion, pitting, gouges, hard spots, scratches, metallurgical anomalies and dents causing out of round conditions is equipped with an accelerometer... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3969713 | Bolt stress detector A method and apparatus for testing stress on a bolt head or nut having a central portion which deflects along the bolt axis as a function of stress, in which three electrical contacts, for example screws, are mounted in a line on and extending outwardly f... | 07/13/1976 |
