Fluid damped electrical meter

Claim 1

IN A HIGHLY OVER DAMPED ELECTRICAL METER, THE COMBINATION OF SUPPORT MEANS; MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND FORMING A FULLY CLOSED AND SEALED CHAMBER; A ROTARY MOVING SYSTEM ADAPTED FOR MOVEMENT IN RESPONSE TO AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD AND COMPRISING AN ARBOR, AND AT LEAST ONE ROTARY DAMPING MEMBER FIXED TO SAID ARBOR, SAID MOVING SYSTEM BEING DISPOSED WHOLLY WITHIN SAID CHAMBER, SAID CHAMBER BEING FILLED WITH A VISCOUS DAMPING MATERIAL HAVING A DENSITY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF AIR AND SAID MOVING SYSTEM BEING IMMERSED IN SAID DAMPING MATERIAL; MOVABLE INDICATING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND DISPOSED WHOLLY OUTSIDE OF SAID CHAMBER; MEANS MAGNETICALLY COUPLING SAID ROTARY MOVING SYSTEM TO SAID INDICATING MEANS THROUGH AN UNBROKEN WALL PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER; AND ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND DISPOSED WHOLLY OUTSIDE OF SAID CHAMBER FOR ESTABLISHING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD TO DRIVE SAID ROTARY MOVING SYSTEM, SAID DAMPING MEMBER BEING OF SUBSTANTIAL SIZE RELATIVE TO THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF SAID ROTARY MOVING SYSTEM AND SAID ROTARY MOVING SYSTEM BEING STATICALLY BALANCED WHEN IMMERSED IN SAID DAMPING MATERIAL, SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND INDICATING MEANS BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED THAT, IN USE, THE METER CAN BE DISPOSED IN ANY OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT POSITIONS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR VIEWING OF SAID INDICATING MEANS, SAID MOVING SYSTEM BEING OPERATIVE TO MOVE SAID INDICATING MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIELD ESTABLISHED BY SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION IN WHICH THE METER IS DISPOSED.