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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:
Oct. 26, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Jansch, Garbsen, DE;
Assignee:
Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 46 ; 73 496 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for testing the gas-tightness of a joint between hollow members which has, in one aspect, a mechanism for applying a test gas to the outside of a joint, detection apparatus for detecting the gas inside the hollow members, and wherein the mechanism for applying the test gas to the outside of the joint has a gas testing chamber, a sealing ring for hermetically sealing the gas testing chamber, a casing enclosing the sealing ring, apparatus for applying pressure to the sealing ring, and apparatus for supplying test gas to the gas testing chamber.