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Pipeline flaw detector and marker

  • US 3,238,448 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1961
  • Issued: 03/01/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1961
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING FERROMAGNETIC TUBULAR GOODS, SAID APPARATUS BEING ADAPTED TO BE PROPELLED THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF SAID GOODS, THE COMBINATION OF MAGNETIC MEANS OPERATIVE TO CHARACTERISTICALLY MAGNETIZE PORTIONS OF SAID TUBULAR GOODS, AT LEAST ONE DETECTOR SHOE MOUNTED TO SCAN THE INNER WALL OF SAID GOODS TO DETECT FLAWS IN THOSE PORTIONS BEING SCANNED, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DETECTOR SHOE AND TO SAID MAGNETIC MEANS TO OPERATE SAID MAGNETIC MEANS TO CHARACTERISTICALLY MAGNETIZE THOSE PORTIONS OF SAID GOODS WHICH CONTAIN FLAWS.

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