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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:
Jul. 13, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander Rankin Cornforth, Stanion, EN;
Peter John Trigg, Corby, EN;
Assignee:
The British Steel Corporation, London, EN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 6 / ; 73 679 ; 324 / ;
Abstract
The testing of an article for deviations thereof from an optimum thickness range includes scanning the article by means of a thickness measuring device; making a plurality of thickness measurements of the article during each scan; averaging successive groups of a predetermined number of theoretical measurements during each scan; comparing the averages so obtained with predetermined desired averages and marking a visual record with symbols indicative of whether each group is within, greater than, or less than the desired average.