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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:
Jan. 27, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harold L Sheets, Chesapeake, OH (US);
James H Rowsey, Huntington, WV (US);
Assignee:
Huntington Alloys, Inc., Huntington, WV (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73637 ;
Abstract
Directed to non-destructive testing, particularly ultrasonic inspection of round stock such as tubing, pipe and rod wherein the inspection is conducted within a water tank to provide ultrasonic coupling of the ultrasonic probe or probes employed wherein the distance between the probe or probes and the surface of the round stock being inspected is maintained essentially constant during the course of the test to assure reliable inspection results and wherein the materials handling aspects of the testing are simplified.