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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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Gerald E. Schmidt, Chelmsford, MA (US);
John R. Hollenbeck, Fitchburg, MA (US);
Materials Systems, Inc., Littleton, MA (US);
Abstract
A roller transducer assembly comprises at least one core section and each core section comprises a transducer. Oil is retained within the roller transducer assembly and in particular an oil kerf isolates each core section from an outer portion of the roller transducer assembly having a nylon roller tube which is surrounded by a urethane tire outer covering. The outer portion of the roller transducer assembly rotates about each stationary core section. A pair of the ultrasonic roller transducer assemblies are arranged to provide signals for generating an ultrasonic image of an article such as a board or a log passing between the pair of ultrasonic roller transducer assemblies.