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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2000
Anthony Maddison, Ehuesthorpe, Leicester LE9 7SD, GB;
Other;
Abstract
A stress testing apparatus includes a cylinder block with twelve cylinders each housing a piston Hydraulic pressure is provided to each of the cylinders by a common supply bore for urging each piston out of its respective cylinder A stress testing device is mounted over each cylinder and piston For tensile testing (see FIG. ) of a specimen (X), a piston ( ) acts on the housing ( ) of the device ( ) through pins ( ), to push the housing ( ) away from the cylinder block The specimen X is mounted between the housing ( ) and the cylinder block For compressive testing (see FIG. ), of a specimen Y the housing ( ) is rigidly secured to the cylinder block and the cylinder ( ) acts to compress the specimen Y between the housing ( ) and the cylinder block through a shaft ( ).