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Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1990

Filed:

Apr. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Parthasarathy Shakkottai, Duarte, CA (US);

Vijayaraghavan Alwar, Altadena, CA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356129 ; 73 4 / ; 73592 ; 73655 ; 381172 ;
Abstract

Two laser beams derived from a laser pass through a furnace and are superposed in a laser spot to produce interference fringes having the same pitch as that of a Ronchi grating printed on a retroreflecting screen. Minute fluctuations of the laser beams caused by sound waves from leaks result in intensity fluctuations of the laser spot when the laser fringes move past the fixed grating. A telescope and photocell arrangement detects the light variations to produce an electrical signal which is amplified and filtered to detect the sound of leaks. This non-contact laser Schlieren microphone is sensitive to sounds all along the path of the beams.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Shakkottai, Parthasarathy. (1990). Apparatus for the remote detection of sounds caused by leaks (U.S. Patent No. 4979820). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4979820

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