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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:
Oct. 17, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
William M Hickam, Churchill Borough, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364497 ; 2323 / ; 324213 ; 346150 ; 360-6 ; 364551 ; 422 62 ;
Abstract
A magnetic tape using as recording medium selected magnetic or non-magnetic material is used for on-line physical and chemical analysis by exposure to selected external agents, physical or chemical, causing permanent alterations in the material, and changes in the magnetic properties of the materials are sensed to read out the recorded information in correlation with the analyzed phenomenon or process for storage, monitoring or control purposes.