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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:
May. 07, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert F McConaghy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73618 ; 73633 ; 128660 ;
Abstract
The scanhead uses a shaft mounted, oscillating rotor driven by a shaft mounted rotor. Energy storage and repulsive means, provided by magnetic 'bumpers' helps to reverse the direction of motion of the rotor at the end of the scan angle.