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Tapping hammer for tapping test

US9222860B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2013
Grant dateDec 29, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2203/0039
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a tapping hammer for tapping test, which can help a user to accurately control the tapping force during a tapping test. The tapping hammer comprises a hammerhead and a handle supporting the hammerhead, and further comprises an alarm, a power source and a conductor, a hollowed-out region is provided in the interior of the hammerhead, the hammerhead is elastically deformable and electrically connected to a first electrode of the power source; the conductor is fixed in the interior hollowed-out region, not electrically connected to the hammerhead while no tapping force is exerted on the hammerhead and electrically connected to the hammerhead while a tapping force larger than a certain amount is exerted on the hammerhead; a first electrode of the alarm is connected to the conductor, a second electrode of the alarm is connected to a second electrode of the power source.

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