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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4627293 | Apparatus for tension testing of lumber A lumber testing apparatus incorporates opposed wedges to simultaneously exert tension and clamp forces on boards being tested. The inclined wedge surfaces utilize bearing materials and wedge angles selected to match the required clamp forces to tension f... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4624144 | For testing machines, improvements in determining rupture point and setting gauge length A tensile testing machine has a pair of cross heads relatively movable along an axis, each cross head having a mechanism for fixedly holding one end of an electrically conductive specimen and in at least one of said mechanisms, electrical insulating means... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4618267 | Remote temperature-set-point controller An instrument for carrying out mechanical strain tests on metallic samples with the addition of an electrical system for varying the temperature with strain, the instrument including opposing arms and associated equipment for holding a sample and varying ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4606230 | Tensile test apparatus embodying novel specimen bar magazine A tensile testing apparatus comprises a magazine or holder for test specimens. The specimens are disposed horizontally with their end portions constrained by U-shaped channels. Slots at the lower ends of the channels are provided for pulling the lowermost... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4599905 | Method and apparatus for determining the elongation property of copper wire A method and an apparatus for determining the eventual elongation property of a copper wire which has been cold drawn with an intermediate anneal and which is to be subsequently subjected to a predetermined heat treatment by a final in-line continuous ann... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4587852 | Conveyor belt tension sensing The tension of a conveyor belt having at least one connection joint including joint components provided on the ends of both connected belt portions is sensed by mounting a tensile force sensor between the joint components and deriving a signal indicative ... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4572001 | Method and apparatus for measuring thermodynamic response A method and apparatus for precisely controlling plastic strain rate during plastic deformation testing of a solid material such as a metal or plastic are described in which the effects of elastic strain rates associated with the specimens and machines us... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4567774 | Determining mechanical behavior of solid materials using miniature specimens A Miniaturized Bend Test (MBT) capable of extracting and determining mechanical behavior information from specimens only so large as to have at least a volume or smallest dimension sufficient to satisfy continuum behavior in all directions. The mechanical... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4516431 | Pipe testing apparatus A machine is disclosed for applying lengthwise tension to a length of pipe, such as a joint of pipe used in an oil well drill string, for example, for the purpose of testing the pipe for tensile strength. The machine includes gripping assemblies for holdi... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4502338 | Triaxial apparatus for testing particulate material and method of using the same A triaxial cell apparatus for conducting constant lateral stress tests, constant volume tests and zero lateral strain tests on particulate materials. Pressure and volume measuring devices are in communication with a flexible inner specimen cylinder and wi... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4478086 | Load frame crosshead construction A material testing apparatus for testing physical properties of a test specimen includes an improved crosshead member adjustably supported on spaced vertical columns and adapted to support a grip for a test specimen to be loaded along a load axis. The imp... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4475403 | Device to preload loading connections A device to permit easily preloading a grip used in specimen testing by providing load carrying links and means for stressing the links to a load level higher than that encountered during the normal loading of the grip, and providing mechanical compressiv... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4464937 | Extensometer readout circuit An extensometer readout circuit conditions a strain information signal, representing strain of a specimen being tested, in such a way that yield point measurements and final elongation measurements of such specimen may be concurrently obtained. The strain... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4379410 | Battery electrode fatigue simulator A battery electrode fatigue simulator having a frame which supports therein a pivotal and a stationary beam. The pivotal and stationary beams secure therebetween an electrode plaque which is to undergo the fatigue simulation. Also mounted to the frame is ... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4378702 | Flat measuring string construction A flat measuring string is disclosed that is formed from a blank of sheet metal (such as a niobium-zirconium alloy), characterized by the provision of bendable or foldable wing flaps arranged at the nodal portions of the string, thereby to permit the conn... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4335615 | Equipment for testing materials for stress corrosion cracking Equipment for testing materials for the effects of stress corrosion cracking, which includes more than two tensioning units, each consisting of a base plate, two guide bars, an upper and a lower cross-beam, a locking system for the guide of the lower cros... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4279164 | Metallurgical specimen tester A plurality of cantilever beams, each fitted with a calibrated strain gage, are arranged to pivot on a corresponding plurality of upstanding pivots located near one end of each beam of a steel plate. A cylindrical specimen threaded at each end is disposed... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279165 | Apparatus for measuring cohesion force of particulate materials An apparatus for measuring the cohesion force of a particulate material. The apparatus comprises a bottomed container composed of a fixed container segment and a movable container segment for containing the particulate material, a driving device for movin... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4266424 | Apparatus for determining the stress-strain properties of viscoelastic materials in the molten state Apparatus for determining the stress-strain characteristics of materials in the viscoelastic state, especially polymer melts, in which a bar-shaped test specimen arranged vertically in a thermostable bath is stretched by means of a tape attached to a moto... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4262541 | Method of age testing rubber based propellants A method of testing the aging properties of a rubber-based propellant by exposing a stressed sample of the rubber-based propellant to a controlled flow of air containing a carefully controlled concentration of ozone, and periodically measuring the physica... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4252027 | Method of determining the plating properties of a plating bath A band of material is formed by plating the material onto a cylindrical cathode sandwiched between a pair of insulating end pieces and is supported in a plating bath spaced a short distance from an anode. The cathode is rotated about its axis to provide u... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4235114 | Material testing device A testing device for applying a force to a material test sample includes a test fixture for engaging the test sample and a solenoid, operatively coupled to the test fixture, for applying a predetermined force to the test sample in response to a solenoid c... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4114420 | Environmental test chamber system A test apparatus comprising an elongated, heat-resistant glass tube, the ends of which are firmly seated in top and bottom end-caps. A plurality of threaded rods extending through the top and bottom end-caps parallel to the glass tube and having nuts thre... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4112746 | Opto-electronic tensile testing system A tensile testing system for use with a specimen of rubber or other material having a test region defined on its reduced midportion by a marking or markings of, for example, higher lightness than the other specimen surface. The system comprises a scanning... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4109515 | Photoelastic stamping analysis There is disclosed a method of analyzing formability, strain level, or a related physical characteristic of a given material for a blank which is formed into a desired shape comprising: providing a blank of said given material; applying a flowable photoel... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4081994 | Method of tension stress testing of rubber In a method of tension stress testing of rubber of the type wherein a rubber sample is elongated continuously at a predetermined speed and the tension stress is measured when the distance between a pair of reference positions set on the surface of the sam... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4075886 | Fracture toughness test method An improved method for testing fracture toughness of tungsten carbide, and more particularly sintered tungsten carbide, consists of preparing a specimen from a short rod of sample material by cutting thin longitudinal slots forming a V within the slotted ... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4070906 | Modified roof strain indicator A modified horizontal strain indicator. Two spaced cap assemblies joined by a tensioned music wire are mounted on different roof bolts within a mine. One of the assemblies is the anchor cap assembly and the other assembly of the pair is the measuring cap ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4004510 | Equipment for introduction of a strip of paper, cardboard or similar material into a printing machine In a printing machine, a device for introducing a continuous web of paper to the printing station, the device having apparatus to continually measure the coefficient of elasticity of the web and apparatus for developing a tension on the web as a function ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3987668 | Light reflective opti-mechanical displacement microindicator An indicator for optically indicating small displacements or changes in displacement of one member relative to another member, comprising a light transmitting member having a faceted light reflective under surface, and an opaque, light absorbing member di... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3969930 | Testing viscoelastic solids An apparatus and method for testing viscoelastic solids, such as tire cord. The apparatus includes: a holding means, a pretension means, a displacement generator, and a mechanical-electrical transforming means. The holding means holds the material in a pr... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3955408 | Fluidless bottle testing method and apparatus A fluidless bottle testing method and apparatus are disclosed. After being subjected to a squeeze test for side wall strength, bottles are moved to a bottle bottom tester which places the outer surfaces of the bottom and of the lower side wall of the bott... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3954004 | Self-contained stress indicator mechanism A self-contained stress indicator that can be incorporated in a structural element of a consumer product such as a bolt. An enclosed cylinderical hole in the head of the bolt of a predetermined effective end area completely filled with a fluid such as an ... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3940973 | Method for the determination of shrinkage effect A method of determining the shrinkage effect to be intentionally produced the manufacturing process in the fabrication of high-pressure cylindrical vessels wherein test samples are cut from the cylindrical body and transducers are mounted upon the inner ... | 03/02/1976 |
