Measuring and testing – Dynamometers – Responsive to multiple loads or load components
Patent
1982-03-04
1983-06-07
Ruehl, Charles A.
Measuring and testing
Dynamometers
Responsive to multiple loads or load components
7386221, 33174L, 33185R, 408 16, B25B 23142, G01C 906, G01L 516
Patent
active
043865321
ABSTRACT:
An angle measuring device for establishing a position of a frame member in two orthogonal planes or in an azimuth plane, relative to a reference plane, comprising a frame member supporting a plurality of equally radially and angularly spaced linear potentiometers having rods which engage a base plate and are pivotally connected thereto to permit the frame to be swiveled in any location about the base plate. The potentiometers are calibrated to provide an indication of the position of the frame relative to the base plate as a result of movement of the rods within the potentiometers. A torque and thrust sensing device is utilized in conjunction with a rotatable shaft supported in the frame coaxially with the positions of the potentiometers and rods to analyze the torque and thrust applied to the shaft as well as the angle of the shaft relative to the base plate. The invention can be used as a level wherein the base plate includes a plumb for establishing a true vertical position relative to the ground, and the device includes a cross bar lighted read-out of the relative position between the base plate and the frame so that the position of the frame in two dimensions relative to the vertical is determined.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3429179 (1969-02-01), Bowen et al.
patent: 3572181 (1971-03-01), Schlegel
patent: 3707043 (1972-12-01), Jones
Centro Corporation
Ruehl Charles A.
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