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Electrical cable jacket and conductor eccentricity detector including energizing coil formed about a toroid core and movable pickup coil

US5541509A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateOct 5, 1994
Grant dateJul 30, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C2948/92942
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for use in determining the thickness of the insulated coating of an electrical cable manufactured in an extrusion process having means for generating an alternating current in the cable core coupled with means for detecting the magnetic field produced by the current flow in the cable such that in combination with a measurement of the distance from the detection means to the coated cable surface, a determination of coating thickness may be made.

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