US3171959A
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Apparatus for measuring objects within matter opaque to visible light
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-08-06
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Granted: 1965-03-02
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Expires: 1982-08-06
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Oscar K Kozek
- 👤 Parmalee M Brown
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 03:57
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B6/00; A61B6/58; A61B6/582; A61B6/583
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
IN AN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OBJECTS WITHIN MATTER OPAQUE TO VISIBLE LIGHT INCLUDING MEANS FOR EMITTING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES OF SHORT WAVE LENGTH AND MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND EXHIBITING THE WAVES: MEANS TRANSPARENT TO THE WAVES AND DISPOSABLE BETWEEN THE WAVE EMITTING MEANS AND THE WAVE RECEIVING MEANS; A PLURALITY OF STRAIGHT METALLIC RODS SUPPORTED BY SAID TRANSPARENT MEANS AND ARRANGED IN A PARALLEL, EQUALLY SPACED FORMATION, AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OUTER RODS BEING GREATER THAN THAT BETWEEN OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND EXHIBITING THE WAVES WHEREIN SAID OPPOSITE SIDES EXTEND IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID RODS, AND SAID DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID OUTER RODS BEING AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OUTER LIMITS OF THE AREA OF THE OBJECTS BEING MEASURED; SECOND MEANS TRANSPARENT TO THE WAVES AND SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID TRANSPARENT MEANS; AND A SECOND PLURALITY OF STRAIGHT METALLIC RODS SUPPORTED BY SAID SECOND MEANS AND ARRANGED IN A PARALLEL, EQUALLY SPACED FORMATION DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID OTHER PLURALITY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
IN AN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OBJECTS WITHIN MATTER OPAQUE TO VISIBLE LIGHT INCLUDING MEANS FOR EMITTING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES OF SHORT WAVE LENGTH AND MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND EXHIBITING THE WAVES: MEANS TRANSPARENT TO THE WAVES AND DISPOSABLE BETWEEN THE WAVE EMITTING MEANS AND THE WAVE RECEIVING MEANS; A PLURALITY OF STRAIGHT METALLIC RODS SUPPORTED BY SAID TRANSPARENT MEANS AND ARRANGED IN A PARALLEL, EQUALLY SPACED FORMATION, AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OUTER RODS BEING GREATER THAN THAT BETWEEN OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND EXHIBITING THE WAVES WHEREIN SAID OPPOSITE SIDES EXTEND IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID RODS, AND SAID DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID OUTER RODS BEING AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OUTER LIMITS OF THE AREA OF THE OBJECTS BEING MEASURED; SECOND MEANS TRANSPARENT TO THE WAVES AND SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID TRANSPARENT MEANS; AND A SECOND PLURALITY OF STRAIGHT METALLIC RODS SUPPORTED BY SAID SECOND MEANS AND ARRANGED IN A PARALLEL, EQUALLY SPACED FORMATION DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID OTHER PLURALITY.
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