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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert C Miller, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
George T Mallick, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324 41 ; 3402 / ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a trapezoidal, ladder-type coil configuration positioned as an inverted U to provide a passage thereunder for use in conjunction with magnetic field generating and magnetic field measuring circuitry to detect the presence of metal devices associated with objects, i.e., parcels or persons, passing through the passage. The ladder configuration of the coil establishes magnetic fields within the passage which exhibit sufficiently strong components in three orthogonal directions (x, y and z) to assure detection of metal devices regardless of the orientation of the metal devices.