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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Metrasens Limited, Worcestershire, GB;
Inventor:
Mark Nicholas Keene, Worcestershire, GB;
Assignee:
Metrasens Limited, Worcestershire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G01P 13/02 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/08 (2013.01); G01P 13/02 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including two or more spaced apart ferromagnetic sensors arranged to detect and screen ferromagnetic objects, and, when a ferromagnetic object is detected, the screening is configured to be substantially independent of the sensor-object distance.