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Movement multiplying mechanism

Assignee: John Chatillon and Sons Inc
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Filing: 1960-06-21
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Granted: 1963-03-19
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Expires: 1980-06-21
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John F Chatillon

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 20:14
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01G; G01G23/00; G01G23/18; G01G23/20; G01G23/26; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/18; Y10T74/18992

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 208 words
A MOVEMENT FOR CONVERTING AN INPUT RECTILINEAR MOTION INTO AN OUTPUT RECTILINEAR MOTION WHICH IS A MULTIPLE OF THE INPUT MOTION INCLUDING A BASE, A LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE, SAID LEVER HAVING LEVER ARMS EXTENDING FROM THE PIVOTAL MOUNTING, AN INPUT ROD ADJACENT ONE OF SAID LEVER ARMS AND MOUNTED ON SAID BASE FOR RECTILINEAR MOTION, AN OUTPUT ROD ADJACENT THE OTHER OF SAID LEVER ARMS AND MOUNTED ON SAID BASE FOR RECTILINEAR MOTION, MEANS FOR COUPLING EACH OF SAID RODS TO THE LEVER ARM ADJACENT THERETO, EACH OF SAID COUPLING MEANS HAVING A CIRCULAR PORTION FOR ENGAGING EACH OF SAID RODS WITH THE LEVER ARM ADJACENT THERETO, THE AXIS OF THE CENTER OF CURVATURE OF SAID CIRCULAR PORTION EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID PIVOTALLY MOUNTED LEVER, THE RADII OF THE CIRCULAR PORTIONS OF THE COUPLING MEANS BEING RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER AS THE EFFECTIVE LENGTHS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE LEVER ARMS ARE RELATED, THE EFFECTIVE LENGTHS OF EACH OF SAID LEVER ARMS BEING THE DISTANCE FROM SAID AXIS OF ROTATION TO THE LINE OF MOTION OF THE ROD ADJACENT THERETO, WHEREBY SAID LEVER MULTIPLES THE INPUT MOTION INTO AN OUTPUT MOTION BY THE RATIO OF THE EFFECTIVE LENGTHS OF THE LEVER ARMS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 208 words
A MOVEMENT FOR CONVERTING AN INPUT RECTILINEAR MOTION INTO AN OUTPUT RECTILINEAR MOTION WHICH IS A MULTIPLE OF THE INPUT MOTION INCLUDING A BASE, A LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE, SAID LEVER HAVING LEVER ARMS EXTENDING FROM THE PIVOTAL MOUNTING, AN INPUT ROD ADJACENT ONE OF SAID LEVER ARMS AND MOUNTED ON SAID BASE FOR RECTILINEAR MOTION, AN OUTPUT ROD ADJACENT THE OTHER OF SAID LEVER ARMS AND MOUNTED ON SAID BASE FOR RECTILINEAR MOTION, MEANS FOR COUPLING EACH OF SAID RODS TO THE LEVER ARM ADJACENT THERETO, EACH OF SAID COUPLING MEANS HAVING A CIRCULAR PORTION FOR ENGAGING EACH OF SAID RODS WITH THE LEVER ARM ADJACENT THERETO, THE AXIS OF THE CENTER OF CURVATURE OF SAID CIRCULAR PORTION EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID PIVOTALLY MOUNTED LEVER, THE RADII OF THE CIRCULAR PORTIONS OF THE COUPLING MEANS BEING RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER AS THE EFFECTIVE LENGTHS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE LEVER ARMS ARE RELATED, THE EFFECTIVE LENGTHS OF EACH OF SAID LEVER ARMS BEING THE DISTANCE FROM SAID AXIS OF ROTATION TO THE LINE OF MOTION OF THE ROD ADJACENT THERETO, WHEREBY SAID LEVER MULTIPLES THE INPUT MOTION INTO AN OUTPUT MOTION BY THE RATIO OF THE EFFECTIVE LENGTHS OF THE LEVER ARMS.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-03-18 1966-09-17 1967-03-19 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-03-18 1970-09-17 1971-03-19 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-03-18 1974-09-17 1975-03-19 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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