US3316649A
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Gage
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-08-17
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Granted: 1967-05-02
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Expires: 1984-08-17
Abstract
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Inventors
- 👤 Thomas J O'connor
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 04:22
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01B; G01B5/00; G01B5/08; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/18; Y10T74/18568; Y10T74/18576; Y10T74/18752; Y10T74/19; Y10T74/19623; Y10T74/1987; Y10T74/19893; Y10T74/19898; Y10T74/19902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
A GAGE FOR MEASURING THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF CYLINDRICAL OPENINGS COMPRISING GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BODY MEANS HAVING A HELICAL OPENING EXTENDING AXIALLY THERETHROUGH, A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL PRESSURE PLATE, A SHAFT SECURED TO THE PRESSURE PLATE DEPENDING FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF CENTRALLY THEREOF AND HAVING A HELICAL PORTION PASSING THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE BODY MEANS, OPPOSED BEVELED EDGES ON THE BODY MEANS AND PRESSURE PLATE FORMING A BALL RACE THEREBETWEEN, BALLS POSITIONED IN SAID BALL RACE, A RETAINING SLEEVE SURROUNDING THE BALLS FOR PREVENTING OUTWARD RADIAL MOVEMENT OF THE BALLS BEYOND A PREDETERMINED DIAMETER HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN THROUGH WHICH THE BALLS EXTEND WITH DIAMETERS SMALLER THAN THAT OF THE BALLS, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SHAFT RELATIVE TO THE BODY MEANS TO MOVE THE SHAFT AXIALLY IN THE HELICAL OPENING IN THE BODY MEANS WHEREBY ON MOVEMENT OF THE BEVELED EDGES CLOSER TOGETHER THE BALLS ARE MOVED RADIALLY OUTWARD AND MEANS OPERABLE BETWEEN THE BODY MEANS AND THE SHAFT FOR INDICATING THE RADIAL POSITION OF DIAMETRICALLYY OPPOSED BALLS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELATIVE ROTATION OF THE SHAFT AND BODY MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
182 words
A GAGE FOR MEASURING THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF CYLINDRICAL OPENINGS COMPRISING GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BODY MEANS HAVING A HELICAL OPENING EXTENDING AXIALLY THERETHROUGH, A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL PRESSURE PLATE, A SHAFT SECURED TO THE PRESSURE PLATE DEPENDING FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF CENTRALLY THEREOF AND HAVING A HELICAL PORTION PASSING THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE BODY MEANS, OPPOSED BEVELED EDGES ON THE BODY MEANS AND PRESSURE PLATE FORMING A BALL RACE THEREBETWEEN, BALLS POSITIONED IN SAID BALL RACE, A RETAINING SLEEVE SURROUNDING THE BALLS FOR PREVENTING OUTWARD RADIAL MOVEMENT OF THE BALLS BEYOND A PREDETERMINED DIAMETER HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN THROUGH WHICH THE BALLS EXTEND WITH DIAMETERS SMALLER THAN THAT OF THE BALLS, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SHAFT RELATIVE TO THE BODY MEANS TO MOVE THE SHAFT AXIALLY IN THE HELICAL OPENING IN THE BODY MEANS WHEREBY ON MOVEMENT OF THE BEVELED EDGES CLOSER TOGETHER THE BALLS ARE MOVED RADIALLY OUTWARD AND MEANS OPERABLE BETWEEN THE BODY MEANS AND THE SHAFT FOR INDICATING THE RADIAL POSITION OF DIAMETRICALLYY OPPOSED BALLS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELATIVE ROTATION OF THE SHAFT AND BODY MEANS.
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