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US 4,301,365 AGranted
Apparatus for contactless measurement of the thickness of a sheet material
OwnerLeonid A. Basin, Alexei A. Valkov +2inventors
InventorsLeonid A. Basin, Alexei A. Valkov, Vladimir I. Panin, Vladimir I. Terekhin
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Abstract
An apparatus for contactless measurement of the thickness of a sheet material comprises a radioactive source located in a protective container which has a collimating hole to output a flow of radiation. There is a radiation detector to sense the radiation passed through the material under control, which is electrically connected to a radiation intensity meter, and also compressed air means for delivery of a jet of compressed air to the measurement point.
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Apparatus for contactless measurement of the thickness of sheet material comprising:
- a radioactive source;
- a protective container having a cavity accommodating said radioactive source;
- a collimating hole in said protective container through which a beam of radiation is directed;
- a radiation detector, said radiation detector having a receiving hole arranged in axial relation to said beam of radiation in opposed relationship to said collimating hole;
- a radiation intensity meter having an input electrically coupled to an output of said radiation detector;
- and compressed air means for directing a jet of compressed air substantially in the direction of said beam to an area where said radiation beam intersects said sheet material during the measurement of the thickness thereof such that said compressed air jet impinges on said sheet material in the area where said radiation beam intersects said sheet material.
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