Adjustable gage and gaging element mounting means

Claim 1

AN ADJUSTABLE GAGE COMPRISING FRAME MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED MOUNTING HOLES WITH A MAXIMUM OF THREE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, MOUNTING MEANS MOUNTED IN EACH HOLE AND HAVING A BEARING SURFACE EXTERIOR OF THE HOLE, GAGING MEANS MOUNTED ON EACH BEARING SURFACE; AND AT LEAST ONE OF SAID MOUNTING MEANS BEING ADJUSTABLE AND INCLUDING A HARDENED STUD HAVING AN OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE FORMING THE BEARING SURFACE, THE STUD HAVING AN INNER END SURACE ACCURATELY SQUARED WITH RESPECT TO THE CYLINDRICAL BEARING SURFACE AND AN OPPOSITE OUTER END, THE CYLINDRICAL BEARING SURFACE BEING THE SURFACE OF MAXIMUM DIAMETER ON THE STUD, THE STUD HAVING A THREADED SECURING HOLE EXTENDING FROM THE INNER END THEREOF, REMOVABLE SHOULDER MEANS CARRIED BY THE OUTER END OF THE STUD AND EXTENDING RADIALLY BEYOND THE BEARING SURFACE, A BUSHING OF SOFT METAL RECEIVED IN A MOUNTING HOLE IN THE FRAME MEANS AND HAVING AN OUTER BEARING SURFACE SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE MOUNTING HOLE AND SMALLER IN DIAMETER THAN THE BEARING SURFACE OF THE STUD, THE BUSHING HAVING A THREADED SECURING HOLE THERETHROUGH AND A STUD END AND AN OPPOSITE END, A SECURING SCREW RECEIVED IN THE STUD END OF THE SECURING HOLE IN THE BUSHING AND EXTENDING PARTIALLY THEREINTO AND RECEIVED IN THE SECURING HOLE IN THE STUD AND SECURING THE BUSHING AND THE STUD TOGETHER, A LOCK SCREW IN THE SECURING HOLE IN THE BUSHING AT THE OPPOSITE END, AND ONE OF THE SECURING HOLES BEING ECCENTRIC TO ITS OUTER SURFACE.