US3337739A
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Condition control galvanometer with photoelectric limit sensing
Assignee: Sigma Instruments Inc
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Filing: 1967-01-13
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Granted: 1967-08-22
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Expires: 1987-01-13
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Sendro George Tibor
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 08:41
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01D; G01D13/00; G01D13/22; G01D13/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
237 words
CONDITION RESPONSIVE AUTOMATIC CONTROL APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A TRANSDUCER CONNECTABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO VARIATIONS IN A SELECTED CONDITION, SAID TRANSDUCER INCLUDING AN INDICATOR MOUNTED FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT ABOUT A PIVOT AXIS IN RESPONSE TO VARIATIONS IN SAID SELECTED CONDITION AND INCLUDING A FIRST POINTER EXTENDING FROM SAID AXIS AND SWINGABLE IN AN ARCUATE PATH ALONG AN ARCUATE SCALE; AT LEAST ONE ARCUATELY EXTENDING MASK MOUNTED ON SAID INDICATOR AND SWINGABLE IN AN ARCUAATE PATH UPON SWINGING OF SAID INDICATOR; AT LEAST ONE ARM MOUNTED FOR ADJUSTMENT ABOUT AN AXIS COAXIAL WITH THE PIVOT AXIS OF SAID INDICATOR; EACH ARM INCLUDING AN ARM PORTION EXTENDING FROM SAID PIVOT AXIS AND HAVING A SECONE POINTER AT ITS FREE END COOPERABLE WITH SAID SCALE; AT LEAST ONE PHOTOSENSITIVE SWITCH ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ON AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ARMS FOR ADJUSTMENT THEREON, AND POSITIONED WITHIN THE ARCUATE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID MASK; SAID PHOTOSENSITIIVE SWITCH COMPRISING A PHOTOSENITIVE ELEMENT AND A LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A LIGHT EMITTING SURFACE IN ADJACENT FACING SPACED RELATION TO SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID MASK THEREBETWEEN; CONTROL SWITCHING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE SWITCH FOR OPERATION THEREBY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELATIVE POSITION OF SAID MASK RELATIVE TO THE ASSOCIATED PHOTOSENSITIVE SWITCH; AND ADJUSTING MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID ARMS AND PROJECTING FORWARDLY FROM SAID SCALE FOR SELECTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF SAID SECOND POINTER OF EACH ARM RELATIVE TO SAID SCALE.
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