Guide device for testing elongated objects
US6344740B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2601/524
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A guide device for linear guidance of elongated objects, particularly for positioning wires passing a nondestructive eddy current test device, can be the inlet nozzle or outlet nozzle, and has a brush arrangement integrated into a guide sleeve. The brush arrangement damps vibration of the wires or other elongated objects transiting the test device. A wire guided by the guide device is protected at its surface and subjected to little or no transverse vibration in the vicinity of the test probe of the test device, resulting in improved measurement accuracy.
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