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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:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2008
Jean-claude Ferlay, Chatenoy le Royal, FR;
Jean-mathieu Mestre-bresson, Santenay, FR;
Jean-Claude Ferlay, Chatenoy le Royal, FR;
Jean-Mathieu Mestre-Bresson, Santenay, FR;
Areva NP, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of displaying and monitoring the profile of a weld bead (), in which, placed inside the groove, there is an assembly () comprising, facing one another, an image acquisition means (), a light source (), the beam of which is directed towards said image acquisition means, and, between the image acquisition means and the light source, a mask (); the optical axis of the image acquisition means () is oriented so as to be approximately parallel to the sidewalls () of the groove (); a light beam produced by the light source () is directed towards the mask () and the image acquisition means (); a central shadow zone and a peripheral halo are formed by means of the light beam and the mask (), said halo illuminating, approximately perpendicularly, the weld bead () and the sidewalls (); the profile of the weld bead () and the sidewalls () are displayed on a display/monitoring means; and said assembly () is moved inside the groove () longitudinally and parallel to the sidewalls ().
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