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Patent No.:

US 4217548 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 1980

Filed:

Dec. 12, 1978

Flaw detector for pipe employing magnets located outside the pipe and

Applicant:
Inventors:

Yasuyuki Furukawa, Wakayama, JP;

Yoshihisa Fujii, Wakayama, JP;

Hitoshi Tanaka, Wakayama, JP;

Tetsuya Hirota, Amagasaki, JP;

Assignee:

Sumitomo Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Ladas, Parry, Von Gehr, Goldsmith & Deschamps

Primary Examiner:

Rudolph V Rolinec

Assistant Examiner:

Walter E Snow

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324220 ; 324242 ;
Abstract

A detector for magnetically detecting flaws on the inner surface of a pipe of magnetizable material comprises a magnetizing assembly having exciting magnets and movable longitudinally along the interior of the pipe and a detecting assembly movable longitudinally along the exterior of the pipe. The magnetizing and detecting assemblies are opposite and close to each other through the wall of the pipe and movable longitudinally of the pipe in a synchronized manner to ensure highly accurate flaw detection.

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Furukawa, Yasuyuki. (1980). Flaw detector for pipe employing magnets located outside the pipe and (U.S. Patent No. 4217548). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4217548

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