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US4344030A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Remote detector of flaws in surfaces using micro-waves

Assignee: LAMBDA IND SCIENCE Ltd
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Filing: 1980-01-21
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Granted: 1982-08-10
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Expires: 2000-01-21
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Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to non-destructive testing for flaws in the surfaces of, particularly, billets, strip or sheet. There have been many systems developed for the detection of flaws in the surface of a workpiece such as visual techniques employing ferromagnetic materials in a fine suspension including an ultra violet dye, and techniques employing the eddy current effect, both of which suffer in that they are unsatisfactory when a workpiece is moving or when a workpiece is hot. Attempts have been made to employ micro-waves but such attempts have essentially required a very close spacing between the detector-receiver and the surface being scanned again making such equipment unsuitable for use with a moving workpiece or when a workpiece is hot. The invention overcomes these problems by providing equipment comprising a source of plane-polarized micro-wave radiation adapted for direction at a surface to be scanned, and detection means for plane-polarized micro-wave radiation reflected from the surface, the polarization directions of the transmitter and the receiver being perpendicular to each other.

Inventors

  • 👤 Alan P. Anderson
  • 👤 John C. Jackson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 01:52
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N22/00; G01N22/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 112 words
A non-destructive testing means for detecting flaws in a material surface moving relative to said testing means comprising a transmitter of plane-polarised microwave radiation directing said radiation as an incident beam for scanning said surface therewith, a receiver of plane-polarised microwave radiation selectively detecting beamed plane-polarised microwave radiation reflected from said surface in response to said incident beam on said surface, said transmitter and receiver in their operative arrangement having their polarisation directions disposed perpendicular to each other such that the presence and absence of said flaws are indicated by, respectively, presence and absence of detection by said receiver of beamed reflected radiation plane-polarised perpendicular to said plane-polarisation of said incident beam.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 112 words
A non-destructive testing means for detecting flaws in a material surface moving relative to said testing means comprising a transmitter of plane-polarised microwave radiation directing said radiation as an incident beam for scanning said surface therewith, a receiver of plane-polarised microwave radiation selectively detecting beamed plane-polarised microwave radiation reflected from said surface in response to said incident beam on said surface, said transmitter and receiver in their operative arrangement having their polarisation directions disposed perpendicular to each other such that the presence and absence of said flaws are indicated by, respectively, presence and absence of detection by said receiver of beamed reflected radiation plane-polarised perpendicular to said plane-polarisation of said incident beam.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
Non-destructive testing means for flaw detection as in claim 1, wherein the transmitter and receiver are in the form of transmitting and receiving horns.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 36 words
Non-destructive testing means for flaw detection as in claim 1, wherein a single horn capable of both transmitting and receiving plane-polarised micro-waves and receiving plane-polarised micro-waves having a polarisation perpendicular to the transmitted waves is provided.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 39 words
Non-destructive testing means for flaw detection as in any of claims 1, 2 and 3, wherein the polarisation directions of the transmitter and detector are at an acute angle to said flaw direction in the surface to be scanned.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 37 words
Non-destructive testing means for flaw detection as in any of claims 1, 2 and 3, wherein the polarisation directions of the transmitter and detector are at 45° to said flaw direction in the surface to be scanned.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 27 words
Non-destructive testing means for flaw detection as in any of claims 1 and 2 wherein a reference signal is passed directly from the transmitter to the receiver.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 24 words
Non-destructive testing means for flaw detection as in claim 6, wherein the output from the receiver is represented as a one dimensional holographic signature.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 29 words
Non-destructive testing means for flaw detection as in any of claims 1 and 2 wherein means are provided for the conversion of the holographic signature to a pulse shape.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1985-08-09 1986-02-08 1986-08-10 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1989-08-09 1990-02-08 1990-08-10 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1993-08-09 1994-02-08 1994-08-10 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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