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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2004
Barry Jay Anderson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Joseph Lamping, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eugene Paul Daut, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Randall Allen Myers, Indian Springs, OH (US);
George Stephen Reising, Batavia, OH (US);
Anand Rudra Venkitaraman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Barry Jay Anderson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Joseph Lamping, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eugene Paul Daut, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Randall Allen Myers, Indian Springs, OH (US);
George Stephen Reising, Batavia, OH (US);
Anand Rudra Venkitaraman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for inducing strain on a workpiece includes the step of providing a testing apparatus having a first set of teeth and a second set of teeth. The workpiece is placed adjacent to the first or second set of teeth. The second set of teeth is disposed on a movable carriage which linearly reciprocates thereby allowing the first and the second sets of teeth to engage and disengage each other. A commanded position by time is provided to the carriage while the actual position by time of the carriage is measured. The first set of teeth are in communication with at least one load cell such that when the first set of teeth engage the second set of teeth, the load applied by the carriage is measured. The actual position by time data and the load data are manipulated to produce vast information pertaining to the workpiece.