Patents by Inventor Edward DE Benedetti

Edward DE Benedetti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tire inspection machine presenting an X-ray image of the entire width of the tire
    Patent number: 4032785
    Abstract: An X-ray machine for production line inspection of tires places each tire in turn with one sector of the tire inside of a U-shaped arrangement of three fluorescent screens so that one screen faces the tread and the other two face the sides of the tire. An X-ray source inside the bead circle of the tire produces X-ray shadow pictures on the screens, which are separately viewed by a video camera, with an image of the picture on each screen transferred to a third of the target of a storage tube, so that a composite image of the entire width of the tire sector can be displayed on a picture tube. The tire is rotated stepwise for display of still pictures of every sector of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: United States Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Donald T. Green, Edward DE Benedetti