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Rotating body strain meter

  • US 3,224,257 A
  • Filed: 06/04/1963
  • Issued: 12/21/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1962
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A ROTATING BODY STRAIN METER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION:

  • A STRAIN GAUGE ELEMENT AFFIXED TO A ROTATING BODY AT A POINT WHERE STRAIN IS TO BE MEASURED, SAID ELEMENT VARYING ITS RESISTANCE IN CORRESPONDENCE TO STRAIN CHANGES;

    AN ALTERNATING CURRENT BRIDGE AFFIXED TO SAID ROTATING BODY COMPRISING SAID STRAIN GAUGE ELEMENT AND A RESISTIVE ELEMENT AS FIRST ADJACENT ARMS AND TWO IMPEDANCE ELEMENTS AS SECOND ADJACENT ARMS;

    MEANS FOR APPLYING AN ELECTRIC VARIABLE FREQUENCY SIGNAL TO THE JUNCTIONS FORMED BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND ADJACENT ARMS BY ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING;

    MEANS FOR TAKING VOLTAGE FROM SAID BRIDGE BY ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING TO DETECT BRIDGE UNBALANCE;

    AND MEANS FOR VARYING THE FREQUENCY OF SAID ELECTRIC VARIABLE SIGNAL TO PROVIDE AN INDICATION OF STRAIN.

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