Pressure detecting instrument

Claim 1

A MEASURING INSTRUMENT HAVING A MEASURING MEMBER MOUNTED FOR REVERSE ANGULAR MOVEMENT ABOUT A FIRST AXIS IN A PLANE GENERALLY NORMAL TO SAID AXIS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE PHENOMENON BEING MEASURED FOR EXERTING DISPLACING FORCE UPON SUCH MEASURING MEMBER, MEANS DRIVEN BY THE MEASURING MEMBER FOR INDICATING THE AMOUNT AND DIRECTION OF DISPLACEMENT OF THE MEASURING MEMBER, THE INDICATING MEANS COMPRISING OSCILLATABLE MEANS AND SUPPORT MEANS FOR PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID OSCILLATABLE MEANS, MEANS MOUNTING THE SUPPORT MEANS FOR ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT ABOUT A SECOND AXIS PARALLEL TO AND SPACED FROM THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF SAID OSCILLATABLE MEANS TO PROVIDE INITIAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE INDICATING MEANS, MECHANISM FOR DRIVINGLY CONNECTING THE MEASURING MEMBER AND THE INDICATING MEANS COMPRISING A DRIVING PIN COOPERABLE WITH A SLOT IN SAID OSCILLATABLE MEANS, SAID PIN EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF MOVEMENT AND TRANSVERSELY TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE MEASURING MEMBER AND BEING CONNECTED TO THE MEASURING MEMBER TO MOVE THEREWITH, AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE PIN TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF THE OSCILLATABLE MEANS.