Inclinometers

Details Inclinometers Inclinometers

1983-02-24

1984-01-24

Little, Willis

Geometrical instruments

Indicator of direction of force traversing natural media

Level or plumb, terrestrial gravitation responsive

33399, 33401, G01C 916

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044267886

ABSTRACT:
An inclinometer of the type wherein a weight rotatable in accordance with the inclination of a vehicle is provided for a drive unit, and a torque of the drive unit is transmitted to a driven unit so as to display the inclination angle of the vehicle with an inclination indicator, there are provided a zero point adjusting spiral spring, the inner end thereof being affixed to a shaft of the driven unit, while an outer end is affixed to a rotary drive member, and a zero point adjusting knob for rotating the rotary drive member. According to this invention, after the zero point has been adjusted, the zero point display line of the indicators and the zero point scale line of the scale board can be aligned horizontally, thus improving the appearance of the zero point display.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2355517 (1944-08-01), Weese
patent: 2651848 (1953-09-01), Sims
patent: 3378932 (1968-04-01), Neill

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