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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. 17, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas A Barr, Huntsville, AL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343 14 ; 343 / ;
Abstract
An FM radar for the measurement of coal thickness wherein an FM transmitter is modulated by the combination of two signals, one, for example, being of a frequency of 100 Hz, and the other being of a frequency of 15 Hz. A horn-type antenna is used which is filled with a material having a dielectric constant approximating that of coal, the antenna being positioned flush against the coal.