Electricity: measuring and testing – Measuring – testing – or sensing electricity – per se – Casings
Patent
1981-08-25
1984-08-07
Strecker, Gerard R.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se
Casings
324153, 3408152, 34081512, 34081508, 361371, G01R 104
Patent
active
044646267
ABSTRACT:
In order to allow a wide range of instruments to be assembled from standard modules, there is provided a range of different diameter housings with their glasses spun in and sealed by an O-ring. A housing can be trimmed to length as required. Different types of panel mountings can be fixed over the front rim of the housing. One of a range of standard movements is mounted between plates and matched to the housing diameter and retained therein by releasable catches. The catches may be turnbuttons cooperating with pegs projecting inside the housing. Alternatively, leaf spring catches slidable radially outwardly on the plate can engage in an annular groove inside the housing and be locked in position by clamp screws. The rear end of the housing is plugged by an O-ring sealed base which carries either a terminal part/connector structure only or also a range scaling circuit enabling the same movement to handle different input signal ranges. The pointer on an offset arm sweeps over a scale which can be hub lit. For small instruments where cylindrical space available radially inside the arm is small, bulbs are mounted in a radially offset position (where the needle does not sweep) of a transparent body to direct light radially inwardly to a 45.degree. surface where internal reflection directs the light axially along a cylindrical lens part from which the light diffuses radially over the scale. Alternatively, the 45.degree. surface can be omitted by locating the bulbs close to the axis in a recess through which the bulbs can be withdrawn in the radial direction.
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Jeffrey David M.
Simms David W.
Thomas David E.
Edmonds Warren S.
Gaudier Dale
Sangamo Weston Limited
Strecker Gerard R.
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