Gage for measuring the intensity of shot-blast peening
AssigneeElectronics, Inc.
InventorJack M. Champaigne
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Abstract
An Almen type gage with an improved test strip support mechanism, which concentrates the holding force at the contact points. The support mechanism includes four paired contact balls and a permanent magnet engaged between the paired balls to magnetically hold the test strip against the contact balls. Each contact ball seated atop a set screw turned into a test platform with the magnetic flux of the permanent magnets passing through both the contact balls and the set screws.
Claims9
A gage for testing the intensity of shot blasting against an elongated conductive test strip in a peening process comprising:
- a stand including a platform,
- two pairs of magnetically conductive balls protruding above said platform,
- magnetically conductive means carried by said platform for supporting each said pair of balls,
- magnet means for creating a magnetic attraction at each pair of balls to fixedly anchor said test strip to said pairs of balls overlying said platform, and
- means carried by said stand for engaging said test strip upon said balls for measuring the deflection of said test strip caused by said shot blasting.
A gage for testing the intensity of shot blasting against an elongated conductive test strip in a peening process comprising:
- a stand including a platform,
- two pairs of magnetically conductive contacts protruding above said platform,
- magnetically conductive means carried by said platform for supporting each said pair of contacts,
- magnet means for creating a magnetic attraction at each pair of contacts to fixedly anchor said test strip to said pairs of contacts overlying said platform, and
- means carried by said stand for engaging said test strip upon said contacts for measuring the deflection of said test strip caused by said shot blasting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.