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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1988

Filed:

Nov. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:

Bernd Morgenstern, Lutzschena, DD;

Helmut Weigend, Leipzig, DD;

Gudrun Dietrich, Leipzig, DD;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356379 ; 350380 ;
Abstract

A series of equidistant measuring heads is arranged at a uniform distance above a surface to be measured. Each head includes a light source emitting light through a narrow exit opening, and two light sensors arranged adjacent the opposite narrow sides of each opening. The light input characteristic of respective sensors is such that light reflected from the measured surface section is detected with a sensitivity which is inversely proportional to the different intensity of illumination of central and marginal points of the measured section.


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