Rotating probe high data acquistion rate apparatus

Claim 1

A machine for obtaining information at a high data acquisition rate comprising: a housing, a driving motor mounted on said housing, a probe cylinder rotatably driven by said motor, a plurality of ultrasonic transducers symmetrically mounted on said probe cylinder and rotating therewith, and mounted to transmit and receive energy in a plane normal to the axis of rotation of said probe cylinder, a plurality of electrical leads respectively connected to said ultrasonic transducers, a first disc mounted on said probe cylinder, a plurality of reed switches symmetrically mounted on said first disc and each switch having first sides connected to one of said plurality of electrical leads, a second magnetic disc mounted on said probe cylinder adjacent said first disc, magnetic shielding means mounted on said housing between said first and second discs for sequentially closing said reed switches as said probe cylinder rotates, a common lead connecting the second sides of said switches connected together, an input-output lead electrically connected to said common lead, a pulser connected to said input-output lead, a receiver connected to said input-output lead, a presentation means connected to said receiver, a radial sweep timing generator connected to said pulser and said presentation means for displaying a visualization taken in said plane normal to the axis of rotation of said probe cylinder and means responsive to probe rotation for modifying the output of said timing generator to provide X and Y information in said visualization.