Profile indicator and recorder

Claim 1

A PROFILE INDICATOR COMPRISING AN ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBER, A CARRIER MEMBER, SUPPORTING MEANS SUPPORTING THE MEMBERS FOR MOVEMENT ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH RELATIVELY TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, A ROCKING ARM MOUNTED ON THE CARRIER MEMBER FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT ALONG SAID PATH DURING SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE MEMBERS AND FOR CONCURRENT ROCKING MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE CARRIER MEMBER ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE PATH, A FOLLOWER ON THE ARM IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID AXIS AND HAVING A PORTION ADAPTED TO RIDE ON A SURFACE OF AN ARTICLE ON THE ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBER DURING SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE MEMBERS ALONG SAID PREDETERMINED PATH, SIGNAL PRODUCING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE FOLLOWER AND OPERATED THEREBY TO PRODUCE SIGNALS REFLECTING ROCKED POSITIONS OF THE FOLLOWER ABOUT SAID AXIS, MEANS OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO SIGNALS FROM THE SIGNAL PRODUCING MEANS TO INDICATE THE PROFILE BEING TRAVERSED BY SAID PORTION OF THE FOLLOWER, A COUNTERWEIGHT FOR SAID ARM, A RESILIENT SHOCK ABSORBING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE WEIGHT AND CONNECTED TO THE ARM AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE AXIS FROM THE FOLLOWER AND THEREBY CONNECTING THE WEIGHT TO THE ARM AT SAID OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE AXIS.