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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. 07, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Francis J Dodd, Lafayette, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nuclear Energy Systems, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
104118 ; 238 / ;
Abstract
A guide and magnetically susceptible track for a weld scanner wherein a mild steel sheet metal track element is wrapped about a pipe with its end portions overlapping and the end portions are tightened together with clamp means while tabs engage notches at the opposite corners of the track element so that a guide element along the centerline of the track element is thereby self-aligned to provide a full 360.degree. track and guide.