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Vibrating bar transducer

  • US 3,238,789 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1961
  • Issued: 03/08/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1961
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN A TRANSDUCER ELEMENT, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING:

  • A PAIR OF BARS CAPABLE OF VIBRATING ABOUT THEIR LONGITUDINAL AXES AND RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTED AT A DISPLACEMENT ANODE ONLY, TO PERMIT INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT OF SAID BARS;

    MEANS FOR APPLYING COMPRESSIVE AND TENSILE AXIALLY ORIENTED FORCES TO THE ENDS OF SAID BARS TO STRESS BOTH BARS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUALLY;

    AND MEANS FOR SETTING SAID BARS INTO RESONANT VIBRATION, IN SUBSTANTIALLY 180* PHASE OPPOSITION, TRANSVERSE TO THEIR LONGITUDINAL AXES, THE FREQUENCY OF VIBRATION BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FORCES APPLIED TO SAID BARS.

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