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US3241515A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Multiple turn indicator

Assignee: WATERS Manufacturing Inc
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Filing: 1963-12-02
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Granted: 1966-03-22
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Expires: 1983-12-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Harlow M Franklin

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 16:39
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06M; G06M1/00; G06M1/22; G06M1/24; H; H01; H01C; H01C10/00; H01C10/30; H01C10/32; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/20; Y10T74/20576; Y10T74/2093

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 177 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A ROTATABLE SHAFT PROJECTING FROM A SUPPORT MEMBER, A POSITION INDICATOR COMPRISING A FIXED BODY SECURED AGAINST ROTATION TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBER AND PROJECTING ADJACENT SAID SHAFT, A VISUAL REFERENCE POINT ON SAID BODY, A NUMBER WHEEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY, AN INDICATING DIAL ON SAID WHEEL WITH A SERIES OF REGULARLY SPACED NUMBERS MOVABLE ADJACENT SAID REFERENCE POINT, A KNOB ROTATABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY AND SAID WHEEL, SAID KNOB BEING SECURED TO SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, AN ANGLE INDICATING DIAL ON SAID KNOB WITH A SCALE MOVABLE ADJACENT SAID REFERENCE POINT, MEANS RENDERING SAID ANGLE INDICATING KNOB DIAL, SAID NUMBER INDICATING WHEEL DIAL AND SAID REFERENCE POINT SIMULTANEOUSLY VISIBLE FOR OBSERVING THEIR RELATIVE POSITIONS, CAM OPERATED MEANS ROTATABLE WITH SAID KNOB AND SHAFT, ACTIVE FOR INDEXING SAID WHEEL BETWEEN ADJACENT NUMBER INDICATING POSITIONS ON SAID WHEEL DIAL AS SAID KNOB IS TURNED, AND DETENTING MEANS FOR SAID WHEEL, RELEASABLY HOLDING IT IN A NUMBER INDICATING POSITION ADJACENT SAID REFERENCE POINT WHEN SAID CAM OPERATED MEANS IS INACTIVE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 177 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A ROTATABLE SHAFT PROJECTING FROM A SUPPORT MEMBER, A POSITION INDICATOR COMPRISING A FIXED BODY SECURED AGAINST ROTATION TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBER AND PROJECTING ADJACENT SAID SHAFT, A VISUAL REFERENCE POINT ON SAID BODY, A NUMBER WHEEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY, AN INDICATING DIAL ON SAID WHEEL WITH A SERIES OF REGULARLY SPACED NUMBERS MOVABLE ADJACENT SAID REFERENCE POINT, A KNOB ROTATABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY AND SAID WHEEL, SAID KNOB BEING SECURED TO SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, AN ANGLE INDICATING DIAL ON SAID KNOB WITH A SCALE MOVABLE ADJACENT SAID REFERENCE POINT, MEANS RENDERING SAID ANGLE INDICATING KNOB DIAL, SAID NUMBER INDICATING WHEEL DIAL AND SAID REFERENCE POINT SIMULTANEOUSLY VISIBLE FOR OBSERVING THEIR RELATIVE POSITIONS, CAM OPERATED MEANS ROTATABLE WITH SAID KNOB AND SHAFT, ACTIVE FOR INDEXING SAID WHEEL BETWEEN ADJACENT NUMBER INDICATING POSITIONS ON SAID WHEEL DIAL AS SAID KNOB IS TURNED, AND DETENTING MEANS FOR SAID WHEEL, RELEASABLY HOLDING IT IN A NUMBER INDICATING POSITION ADJACENT SAID REFERENCE POINT WHEN SAID CAM OPERATED MEANS IS INACTIVE.

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