Method and apparatus for detecting a break in a plurality of glass fibers
US4389574A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 2, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N21/47
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting breakage of glass fibers comprising illuminating the fibers with electromagnetic radiation and sensing a variation in the amount of radiation scattered by the fibers as an indication of a break of said fibers.
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