Altimeter

Claim 1

AN ALTIMETER COMPRISING A DIAL HAVING A SCALE OF ALTITUDE DESIGNATION THEREON AND A POINTER COOPERATING THEREWITH, EVACUATED DIAPHRAGM CAPSULE MEANS ADAPTED TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT IN RESPONSE TO INCREASES AND DECREASES IN ALTITUDE, NON-YIELDING MECHANICAL MEANS CONNECTING SAID CAPSULE MEANS TO SAID POINTER FOR APPLYING A TORQUE TO SAID POINTER FOR MOVING SAID POINTER IN RESPONSE TO EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OF SAID CAPSULE, A REMOTE ALTITUDE SIGNAL SOURCE, A SYNCHRO CONNECTED IN DRIVING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID POINTER, A MOTOR MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID SYNCHRO, SAID SYNCHRO AND MOTOR MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO A SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM SAID REMOTE ALTITUDE SIGNAL SOURCE, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY MOVING SAID MOTOR MEANS FROM AND TO A POSITION IN DRIVING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID POINTER TO AND FROM A POSITION OUT OF DRIVING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID POINTER WHEREBY THE POSITIONING OF SAID MOTOR MEANS INTO DRIVING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID POINTER RENDERS SAID POINTER RESPONSIVE TO THE SIGNAL FROM SAID REMOTE SIGNAL SOURCE, THE TORQUE EXERTED BY SAID MOTOR MEANS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE TORQUE EXERTED BY SAID CAPSULE, WHEREBY WHEN SAID MOTOR MEANS IS CONNECTED TO SAID POINTER THE TORQUE EXERTED BY SAID MOTOR MEANS OVERRIDES THE TORQUE EXERTED BY SAID CAPSULE.