Patent · US Expired

Method of gaging a pipe at multiple locations

US4580348A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 1984
Grant dateApr 8, 1986
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B5/204
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A workpiece gaging system includes carriage structure for a gaging part, movable longitudinally and laterally, and a rotor to rotate that structure; also indicator means is operatively connected with the part to indicate the status of engagement, displacement, or need for displacement, of the gaging part relative to a surface or surfaces (such as pipe threads) to be gaged, as at multiple locations. Measurement encoding and signal processing means are also provided.

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