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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2013
Applicants:

Paul Goggin, Nenagh, IE;

Geoffrey Brazier, Woodbury, MN (US);

John Tomasko, Limerick, IE;

Inventors:

Paul Goggin, Nenagh, IE;

Geoffrey Brazier, Woodbury, MN (US);

John Tomasko, Limerick, IE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/04 (2006.01); F16K 37/00 (2006.01); F16K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/04 (2013.01); F16K 17/16 (2013.01); F16K 37/0075 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49764 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49769 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49771 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49773 (2015.01);
Abstract

A system and associated methods of quality control for a pressure relief device are disclosed. More specifically, a system and method including one or more of non-destructive dimensional or visual verification, unique identification (e.g., serialization), and image capture of a pressure relief device or a constituent component of such a device are disclosed. A system and method are disclosed in which a checked physical attribute of a pressure relief device, or component thereof, is compared against a statistically expected attribute to determine whether the device or component is suitable for further manufacture or delivery to a customer.


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