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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1998
Thadd Clark Patton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert John Filkins, Fonda, NY (US);
James Paul Fulton, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Kristina Helena Hedengren, Schenectady, NY (US);
John David Young, Rexford, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An exemplary inspection apparatus for inspecting an article comprises a flexible sensor for sensing a characteristic of the article, which sensor conforms to a surface of the article, a finger cover which fits over a finger of a user, and an attachment device for removably attaching the sensor to the finger cover. The apparatus allows the user to traverse the sensor over a large range of smoothly varying concave or convex inspection surfaces, for example, while providing the user with direct control of the sensor.