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US 2008/0186507 A1Published application
Highlighting gaps in a surface
OwnerMichael Rogler Kildevaeldinventor
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Abstract
A surface gap detector facilitates determining conformance of a surface of an object by providing a light source integrated into the detector that diffusely illuminates the surface of the object so that a user may observe the light that passes between the detector and the object when the surface of the object is aligned in substantial contact with a gap detecting edge of the surface gap detector.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a light source;
- and
- an elongated plate including a gap detecting edge, the light source supported by the plate and disposed to diffusely illuminate the gap detecting edge to highlight gaps in a surface brought in contact with the gap detecting edge.
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A method for illuminating a gap detecting edge of a surface gap detecting device, comprising:
- illuminating a top edge of a horizontally elongated translucent plate;
- diffusing the light in the translucent plate, where the light is substantially uniformly dispersed;
- emitting the dispersed light out of a bottom edge of the translucent plate;
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- positioning the translucent plate along side a horizontally elongated opaque plate, wherein the bottom of the opaque plate comprises the gap detecting edge and the bottom edge of the translucent plate is substantially parallel to the gap detecting edge, so that the emitted light diffusely illuminates an object placed in close proximity to the gap detecting edge.
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A method for highlighting gaps in a surface, comprising:
- providing a surface gap detector;
- providing a surface of an object to be checked for gaps;
- aligning a gap detecting edge of the surface gap detector with the surface of the object;
- illuminating the surface of the object on a far side of the surface gap detector;
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- reflecting the illumination off of the surface of the object so that light reflected through a gap formed between the surface of the object and the gap detecting edge can be observed from a near side of the surface gap detector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.