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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
May. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Häberlein, Reutlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Institut Dr. Friedrich Forster Prufgeratebau GmbH & Co. KG, Reutlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/787 ; G01N 2/772 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/787 ; G01N 2/772 ;
Abstract
A guide device for linear guidance of elongated objects, particularly for positioning wires passing a nondestructive eddy current test device, can be the inlet nozzle or outlet nozzle, and has a brush arrangement integrated into a guide sleeve. The brush arrangement damps vibration of the wires or other elongated objects transiting the test device. A wire guided by the guide device is protected at its surface and subjected to little or no transverse vibration in the vicinity of the test probe of the test device, resulting in improved measurement accuracy.