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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:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Friend K Bechtel, Moscow, ID (US);
Ronnie K Byers, Pullman, WA (US);
James D Logan, Pullman, WA (US);
James R Allen, Pullman, WA (US);
Michael G Strevy, Colfax, WA (US);
Daniel A Uskoski, Pullman, WA (US);
Assignee:
Metriguard Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73852 ; 73849 ;
Abstract
Improved apparatus is described for measuring bending stiffness of dimension lumber. Innovative details are introduced that make the measurement more accurate and repeatable as well as making the apparatus simpler, more robust and easier to maintain than the prior art.