Motion responsive flaw marking apparatus and method

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF DETECTING FLAWS IN AN ELEONGATE MEMBER AND PLACING DISCERNIBLE MARKINGS ON SAID MEMBER AT THE POSITION OF SAID FLAWS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: EFFECTING RELATIVE AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ELONGATE MEMBER WITH A FLAW DETECTING MEANS POISTIONED ADJACENT THERETO, PRODUCING ELECTRICAL FLAW SIGNALS IN RESPONSE TO SAID FLAWS DETECTED DURING SAID MOVEMENT, STORING SAID FLAW SIGNALS IN A FIRST ELECTRICAL PULSE STORAGE POSITION IN AN ELECTRICAL PULSE STORAGE MEANS, PRODUCING ELECTRICAL TRANNSFER SIGNALS AS AN INCIDENT OF THE RELATIVE VELOCITY OF SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT, APPLYING SAID TRANSFER SINGALS TO SAID ELECTRICAL PULSE STORAGE MEANS AND THEREBY TRANSFERRING SAID STORED FLAW SIGNALS TO A SECOND ELECTRICAL PULSE STORAGE POSITION, AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPLYING SAID STORED FLAW SIGNALS TO EFFECT MARKINGS ON SAID ELONGATE MEMBER AT A POSITION SPACED AXIALLY APART FROM SAID FLAW DETECTING MEANS WHICH MARKINGS INDICATE THE LOCATION OF DEFECTS SAID MEMBER.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF DETECTING FLAWS IN AN ELEONGATE MEMBER AND PLACING DISCERNIBLE MARKINGS ON SAID MEMBER AT THE POSITION OF SAID FLAWS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: EFFECTING RELATIVE AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ELONGATE MEMBER WITH A FLAW DETECTING MEANS POISTIONED ADJACENT THERETO, PRODUCING ELECTRICAL FLAW SIGNALS IN RESPONSE TO SAID FLAWS DETECTED DURING SAID MOVEMENT, STORING SAID FLAW SIGNALS IN A FIRST ELECTRICAL PULSE STORAGE POSITION IN AN ELECTRICAL PULSE STORAGE MEANS, PRODUCING ELECTRICAL TRANNSFER SIGNALS AS AN INCIDENT OF THE RELATIVE VELOCITY OF SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT, APPLYING SAID TRANSFER SINGALS TO SAID ELECTRICAL PULSE STORAGE MEANS AND THEREBY TRANSFERRING SAID STORED FLAW SIGNALS TO A SECOND ELECTRICAL PULSE STORAGE POSITION, AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPLYING SAID STORED FLAW SIGNALS TO EFFECT MARKINGS ON SAID ELONGATE MEMBER AT A POSITION SPACED AXIALLY APART FROM SAID FLAW DETECTING MEANS WHICH MARKINGS INDICATE THE LOCATION OF DEFECTS SAID MEMBER.