Patent · US Expired

Tube end squareness projector apparatus

US4571084A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 23, 1983
Grant dateFeb 18, 1986
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B11/26
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical inspection device for measuring the squareness of tube cuts. The optical inspection apparatus includes a tube guide for permitting rotation of the tube whereby its end wall thickness is positioned in the path of a light beam whose output end is magnified and projected on a viewing screen. Variations in the squareness of the tube end may be visually inspected by an operator on the viewing screen.

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