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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:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Michael Gooch, Bristol, GB;
Timothy Alan Clarke, Herts, GB;
Grant Andrew Ockleston, Auckland, NZ;
Clive Hatch, Hamps, GB;
Assignee:
Thames Water Utilities Limited, Reading, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/100 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a non-contact distance measuring apparatus, comprising a casing, a distance measuring means located within the casing for measuring the distance between the distance measuring means and an object using electromagnetic radiation, and the casing being substantially transparent to the electromagnetic radiation used by the distance measuring means.