Gauging and recording apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR GAUGING A DESIRED DIMENSION OF EACH OF A SERIES OF A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF ARTICLES AND FOR GRAPHICALLY RECORDING THE DIMENSIONS INDIVIDUALLY AND THE MEAN OF THE SERIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL DIMENSIONS, WHICH COMPRISES A GAUGING HEAD HAVING A REFERENCE SURFACE AND A GAUGING ELEMENT MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID REFERENCE SURFACE BETWEEN A POSITION NORMALLY ASSUMED BY SAID GAUGING ELEMENT AND POSITIONS DETERMINED BY THE RESPECTIVE DIMENSIONS, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT OF THE GAUGING ELEMENT RELATIVE TO THE REFERENCE SURFACE DURING GAUGING OF EACH ARTICLE BEING RELATED DIRECTLY TO THE RESPECTIVE DIMENSION OF THE ARTICLE BEING GAUGED, FIRST RECORDING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT AT ANY INSTANT OF SAID GAUGING ELEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID REFERENCE SURFACE FOR RECORDING A SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL INDICIA, THE INDICIA PROVIDING A VISUAL INDICATION OF THE CORRESPONDING INDIVIDUAL DIMENSION, AND SECOND RECORDING MEANS ACTUATED INTERMITTENTLY BY THE FIRST RECORDING MEANS FOR RECORDING AT THE COMPLETION OF THE GAUGING OF SAID SERIES AN INDICIUM PROVIDING A VISUAL INDICATION OF THE MEANS OF SAID INDIVIDUAL DIMENSIONS.