US 12,455,215 B2
System, method and apparatus for generating randomly aligned fiber beards for object evaluation
Brendan Kelly, Lubbock, TX (US)
Assigned to Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX (US)
Filed by Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/970,565.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/257,645, filed on Oct. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0122062 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 3/36 (2006.01); G01N 33/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/04 (2013.01) [G01N 3/362 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A system for generating randomly aligned fiber beards for evaluation, comprising:
a base;
an x-axis frame member coupled to and positioned parallel to the base;
a y-axis frame member coupled to and positioned perpendicular to the base;
a sample plate removably coupled to the y-axis frame member and defining one or more holes; and
a fiber clamp comprising interchangeable teeth, wherein the fiber clamp is coupled to and movable by the x-axis frame member in a direction perpendicular to a face of the sample plate.