US Patent: 3,879,996
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| Meter Translation Devices for Torque Measuring Wrenches and the Like
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Patentee:
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| Talmage O. Green (exact or similar names) - Schaumburg, IL |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Oct. 04, 1973 |
| Granted: |
Apr. 29, 1975 |
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Description: |
| Harry C. Alberts - patent attorney
Abstract
The invention involves a meter translation instrumentalities that effectively and commensurately translates movement between an actuator and a calibrated measuring dial or the like spaced therefrom, and readily affords adjustment for simple, accurate calibration corrections to insure precise measurements commensurate with the applied load irrespective of wear or frictional variations that may develop owing to deflections in the prescribed manual application of the twisting or flecing force occurring in the use thereof. In the present embodiment this is accomplished with a thin wire tensioning sling on the twist or flex translating arm utilized in torque wrenches and the like wherein the dial pointer actuator constitutes a tensioned wire instrumentality instead of meter gear elements for pointer displacement. This constitutes an improved, more simple and less expensive measurement translation element which minimizes the number of parts and dispenses with gear train elements that are more expensive to produce and require greater accuracy in their manufacture.
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