Scale plate mounting system for edgewise instrument

Claim 1

AN EDGEWISE INDICATING DEVICE COMPRISING: (A) A MOVING SYSTEM INCLUDING A POINTER AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID POINTER ABOUT AN AXIS TO DEFINE A FIRST ARC OF A FIRST RADIUS, (B) MEANS SUPPORTING SAID MOVING SYSTEM HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ANGULARLY SPACED, RADIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS FORMED THEREIN AND TERMINATED AT A SECOND RADIUS WHICH IS LESS THAN SAID FIRST RADIUS, SAID RADIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS EACH HAVING A SIDE WALL EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM SAID AXIS, AND (C) A NORMALLY FLAT RESILIENT SCALE PLATE INCLUDING A PLANAR SURFACE PORTION BEING DIVIDED INTO FIRST AND SECOND END PORTIONS AND AN INTERMEDIATE SCALE-BEARING PORTION EACH INCLUDING SAID PLANAR SURFACE, SAID SCALE-BEARING PORTION DIMENSION BETWEEN SAID END PORTIONS EQUALING THE ARCUATE LENGTH DESCRIBED BY SAID SECOND RADIUS BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIDE WALLS IN SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, EACH OF SAID END PORTIONS ADJACENT SAID SCALE-BEARING PORTION BEING BENT SO THAT EACH END PORTION PLANAR SURFACE IS ORIENTED AT AN ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID SCALE-BEARING PORTION PLANAR SURFACE, SAID NORMALLY FLAT SCALE-BEARING PORTION ASSUMING AN ARCUATE SHAPE WHEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND END PORTIONS ARE DISPOSED IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND RADIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS WITH SAID PLANAR SURFACES ABUTTING SAID SIDE WALLS, ALL OF SAID POINTS ON SAID SCALE-BEARING PORTION PLANAR SURFACE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIDISTANT FROM SAID AXIS.