APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING LOSS OF CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF MAGNETIC METALLIC STRENGTH MEMBERS USED IN CONDUCTORS SUCH AS ALUMINUM CONDUCTOR STEEL REINFORCED ("ACSR") CONDUCTORS - Patent 1000349

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EP 1 000 349 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	17.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/20

(21)	Application number: 97911754.6

(22)	Date of filing: 21.10.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G01N 27/82, G01N 17/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9718/695

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9848/269 (29.10.1998 Gazette 1998/43)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

24.04.1997 CA 2203601

(71)	Applicant: Booker, James R.
	Baltimore, OH 43105 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Booker, James R. Baltimore, OH 43105 (US)

(74)	Representative: Götz, Georg, Dipl.-Ing. et al
	Götz, Küchler, Dameron,Patent- und Rechtsanwälte,Färberstrasse 20 90402 Nürnberg 90402 Nürnberg (DE)

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(54)	APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING LOSS OF CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF MAGNETIC METALLIC STRENGTH MEMBERS USED IN CONDUCTORS SUCH AS ALUMINUM CONDUCTOR STEEL REINFORCED ("ACSR") CONDUCTORS