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US 3,952,194 AGranted
Device for identifying the location of defects in a tire being X-rayed
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorJack L. Bayonnet
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Abstract
An elastic band for positioning around the outer periphery of a tire being X-rayed and inspected for defects. A set of Arabic numerals are spaced equally around the band for identifying the location of a defect in the tire when it appears on a television monitor used in conjunction with the system of X-raying the tire.
Claims17
A device for identifying the location of a defect, or particular building detail in a tire being rotated and X-rayed, comprising:
- a. a band positionable around the rotational axis of the tire adjacent the tread of the tire, the band having a thickness and density for producing on a television monitor, an achromatic image which will not interfere with the visual inspection of images produced on the monitor by components of the tire desired to be inspected;
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- b. a predetermined set of indicia spaced equally around the band, the indicia having a thickness and density for producing on a television monitor an achromatic image which visually contrasts with the images correspondingly produced on the monitor by components of the tire desired to be inspected.
A method of visually inspecting a tire and correlating observable defects, or building details of the tire, to arcuate positions on the tire, comprising:
- a. rotating a tire to be inspected;
- b. passing X-rays through the tire from the inner peripheral surfaces thereof;
- c. translating X-rays passed through the tire into images observable on a television monitor;
- d. correlating the images to indicia representing arcuate positions around the tire;
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- e. providing a visual display of the indicia in conjunction with the images.
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