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Method for scarfing surface defects of a metal piece
Assignee: Nippon Steel Corp
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Filing: 1975-06-27
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Granted: 1978-12-26
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Expires: 1995-06-27
Abstract
Abstract There is described a marking method for distinguishing the kind, depth, position and area of surface defects of a metal piece as well as a method for detecting marks on the metal piece and a method for arranging detected signals in a electronic computer to automatically control scarfing. Shapes and colors of the marks respectively correspond to either the kind or depth of the surface defects of the metal piece. The marks are detected by a photosensitive means which can recognize colors of the marks, for example, industrial color television camera. Output signals of the camera are transmitted to the electronic computer. The computer arranges the signals and processes them to automatically control the scarfing machine.
Inventors
- 👤 Akiyoshi Oishi
- 👤 Tamotsu Harada
- 👤 Takashi Ishikawa
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 17:22
CPC Classifications
B; B21; B21C; B21C51/00; B23; B23K; B23K7/00; B23K7/06; G; G01; G01N; G01N27/00; G01N27/72; G01N27/82; G01N27/90; G01N27/9093; B23K2101/00; B23K2101/007
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
A method of treating defects on or beneath the surface of a metal piece comprising the steps of: (a) marking directly on the surface of the metal piece with patterns formed by assigned colored marks of a specific size and shape which represent the position extent, type and depth of the defects; (b) optically detecting the colored marks with a mark detector; (c) storing the detected marks into an electronic computer as a metal surface image on a mesh configuration, the computer being able to recognize the position, extent, type and depth of the surface defects from the stored metal image; (d) electronically correcting for transverse shifts and editing the stored marks into unit scarfing areas; (e) electronically calculating an optimum scarfing depth for each scarfing area; (f) supplying the edited and calculated information to a scarfing machine to permit automatic scarfing of the surface detects.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
146 words
A method of treating defects on or beneath the surface of a metal piece comprising the steps of: (a) marking directly on the surface of the metal piece with patterns formed by assigned colored marks of a specific size and shape which represent the position extent, type and depth of the defects; (b) optically detecting the colored marks with a mark detector; (c) storing the detected marks into an electronic computer as a metal surface image on a mesh configuration, the computer being able to recognize the position, extent, type and depth of the surface defects from the stored metal image; (d) electronically correcting for transverse shifts and editing the stored marks into unit scarfing areas; (e) electronically calculating an optimum scarfing depth for each scarfing area; (f) supplying the edited and calculated information to a scarfing machine to permit automatic scarfing of the surface detects.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method of treating surface defects of a metal piece described in claim 1, wherein colors of marks represent depth of the surface defects of the metal piece.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method of treating surface defects of a metal piece described in claim 1, wherein colors of marks represent type of surface defects of the metal piece.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method of treating surface defects of a metal piece described in claim 1, wherein pattern of marks represent depth of surface defects of the metal piece.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method of treating surface defects of a metal piece described in claim 1, wherein pattern of marks represent type of surface defects of the metal piece.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method of treating surface defects of a metal piece described in claim 1, wherein the mark detector also detects head and tail edges of the metal piece.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method of treating surface defects of a metal piece described in claim 6, wherein the mark detector also detects side edges of the metal piece.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as in claim 1 and further comprising the step of providing relative movement between the metal piece and the mark detector to permit detection of the marks.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as in claim 1 and further comprising the step of providing relative movement between the metal piece and the scarfing machine to permit scarfing of the surface defects.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-12-25 | 1982-06-26 | 1982-12-26 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-12-25 | 1986-06-26 | 1986-12-26 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-12-25 | 1990-06-26 | 1990-12-26 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |