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US3335694A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Bistable magnetic pressure indicator

Assignee: F W DWYER Manufacturing CO
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Filing: 1964-09-04
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Granted: 1967-08-15
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Expires: 1984-09-04
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 James G Dwyer
  • 👤 John P Locke

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 06:22
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D46/00; B01D46/0084; B01D46/0086; B01D35/00; B01D35/14; B01D35/143; B01D46/42; B01D46/44; B01D46/446; F; F02; F02M; F02M35/00; F02M35/02; F02M35/08; F02M35/09

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 176 words
IN A DEVICE HAVING A CASING MEMBER AND A WALL MEMBER MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO AND COOPERATIVELY ENGAGEABLE THEREWITH TO DEFINE SEPARATE REGIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WALL MEMBER, SAID WALL MEMBER BEING RESILIENTLY YIELDABLY SHIFTABLE FROM A NORMAL POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID CASING TO TRAVERSE A MOVEMENT PATH IN RESPONSE TO VARIATIONS IN EFFECTIVE DIFFERENTIAL FORCE ACTING ON SAID SIDES, AN INDICATOR ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A BISTABLE REPULSING MAGNET ASSEMBLY COMPRISING FIRST MAGNET MEANS MOUNTED IN SHIFTABLE RELATION UPON SAID CASING MEMBER TO UNDERGO TRAVEL IN A DIRECTION ALONG SAID PATH AND A SECOND MAGNET MEANS FASTENED TO SAID WALL MEMBER IN SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICAL RELATION TO SAID FIRST MAGNET MEANS BUT NORMALLY OFFSET THEREFROM IN A DIRECTION ALONG SAID PATH AND ADAPTED TO INTERACT MAGNETICALLY THEREWITH AND URGE THE SAME IN THE DIRECTION OF OFFSET, AND A NORMAL POSITION LIMIT STOP MOUNTED ALONG SAID CASING MEMBER AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID FIRST MAGNET MEANS TO DEFINE A NORMAL OFFSET POSITION WHEREIN THE FIRST MAGNET MEANS IS INTERMEDIATE OF SAID STOP AND SAID SECOND MAGNET MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 176 words
IN A DEVICE HAVING A CASING MEMBER AND A WALL MEMBER MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO AND COOPERATIVELY ENGAGEABLE THEREWITH TO DEFINE SEPARATE REGIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WALL MEMBER, SAID WALL MEMBER BEING RESILIENTLY YIELDABLY SHIFTABLE FROM A NORMAL POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID CASING TO TRAVERSE A MOVEMENT PATH IN RESPONSE TO VARIATIONS IN EFFECTIVE DIFFERENTIAL FORCE ACTING ON SAID SIDES, AN INDICATOR ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A BISTABLE REPULSING MAGNET ASSEMBLY COMPRISING FIRST MAGNET MEANS MOUNTED IN SHIFTABLE RELATION UPON SAID CASING MEMBER TO UNDERGO TRAVEL IN A DIRECTION ALONG SAID PATH AND A SECOND MAGNET MEANS FASTENED TO SAID WALL MEMBER IN SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICAL RELATION TO SAID FIRST MAGNET MEANS BUT NORMALLY OFFSET THEREFROM IN A DIRECTION ALONG SAID PATH AND ADAPTED TO INTERACT MAGNETICALLY THEREWITH AND URGE THE SAME IN THE DIRECTION OF OFFSET, AND A NORMAL POSITION LIMIT STOP MOUNTED ALONG SAID CASING MEMBER AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID FIRST MAGNET MEANS TO DEFINE A NORMAL OFFSET POSITION WHEREIN THE FIRST MAGNET MEANS IS INTERMEDIATE OF SAID STOP AND SAID SECOND MAGNET MEANS.

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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-08-14 1979-02-13 1979-08-15 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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