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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:
Mar. 19, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1989
William T Walters, La Marque, TX (US);
Scan Systems, Inc., League City, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for use in measuring the lengths of individual pipes in a disassembled pipe string and automatically computing and recording the individual lengths and their cumulative total. The system 20 includes a measuring tape 21 on a spool 22 journalled for rotation as the tape is withdrawn therefrom and a system operations controller 48. The controller comprises a shaft encorder 50 for generating an encoded signal of voltage pulses representing the angular rotation of the spool and microprocessor 60 for converting the encoded signal to a data signal representing the length of a pipe P, the pipe number in order of sequence of measurement, and a cumulative total of individual pipe lengths. The data signals are transferable to a memory storage 64 by manual switch from which they are coupled to a visual display 70 and are retrievable for recording by a printer 72. The controller includes reset means 84 for zeroing controller components when the tape is in a most fully wound position and means 86 for selectively and successively deleting the data signal representing the last measured pipe length.
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