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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. 09, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Allan Sanderson, Duxford, GB;
Assignee:
The Welding Institute, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 59 ; 2504923 ; 21912113 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for causing a beam of charged particles (4) to impinge on a surface of a workpiece (1,1A) along an impingement path (2) such as a weld joint line is described. The apparatus comprises an electron beam source (3); a first control assembly (24) for guiding the beam along the joint line (2) and for deflecting the beam at successive positions onto the joint line; and a second control assembly (22) into which the beam (4) is launched for deflecting the beam at selected positions into the first control assembly. In an embodiment, X-rays are generated and detected to monitor the condition of the weld.