Patents Assigned to Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co.
  • For testing machines, improvements in determining rupture point and setting gauge length
    Patent number: 4624144
    Abstract: A tensile testing machine has a pair of cross heads relatively movable along an axis, each cross head having a mechanism for fixedly holding one end of an electrically conductive specimen and in at least one of said mechanisms, electrical insulating means electrically isolating the end of the specimen from the mechanism to provide for the specimen to be part of an electrical circuit for determining the time of specimen rupture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co.
    Inventor: Robert S. Strimel