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Upa Technology, Inc.

Raymond J Prohaska

Gordon E Kaye

Howard B Marshall

William D Hay

Robert O Wahl

A portable exercise device for the full and efficient exercise of any group of muscles provides a predetermined and calibrated resistive force established by virtue of friction forces. The exercise device includes, a housing having an integrally formed handle or a receptacle for attaching an accessory connector at one end and an aperture at the end opposite therefrom, a sheave assembly rotatably mounted in the housing having a exercise cord windably retained therearound, a moveable handle fixed to the end of the exercise cord which extends through the aperture in the housing, a braking assembly operatively associated with the sheave to frictionally and uni-directionally retard the rotation of the sheave assembly when the exercise cord is forceably unwound from about the sheave assembly, an adjustment dial for adjusting the friction forces acting against the rotation of the sheave assembly, and a spring operative associated with the sheave assembly rotates the same during operation of the portable exercise device to normally rewind the exercise cord thereabout.

Portable friction resistant exercise device

A portable exercise device for the full and efficient exercise of any group of muscles provides a predetermined and calibrated resistive force established by virtue of friction forces. The exercise device includes, a housing having an integrally formed handle or a receptacle for attaching an accessory connector at one end and an aperture at the end opposite therefrom, a sheave assembly rotatably mounted in the housing having an exercise cord windably retained therearound a moveable handle fixed to the end of the exercise cord which extends through the aperture in the housing, a braking assembly operatively associated with the sheave to frictionally and uni-directionally retard the rotation of the sheave assembly when the exercise cord is forceably unwound from about the sheave assembly, an adjustment dial for adjusting the friction forces acting against the rotation of the sheave assembly, and a spring operatively associated with the sheave assembly rotates the same during operation of the portable exercise device to normally rewind the exercise cord thereabout.

A probe guide for holding a coating thickness measurement probe in contact with a coated workpiece such that repeatable thickness measurements may be made without the necessity of the user manually positioning the probe head for proper contact. The probe guide having a probe holding assembly mounted on a stand; the probe holding assembly constructed to permit the probe to swivel freely in any direction about the geometric center of the probe head face. A workpiece holding means is provided for holding the workpiece against a probe head of the probe. By positioning the workpiece holding means to forceably move the workpiece into contact with the probe head face, the probe will swivel until the resultant vector through the center of moment of the static forces through the workpiece acting on the probe head at the point or points of contact between the workpiece surface and the face of the probe head passes through the geometric center of the probe head face. With this construction, repeatable thickness measurements may be made and the probe may be used to measure coatings on workpieces which have complex shapes such as jewelry items and turbine blades.

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East Northport, NY, United States of America

Raymond J Prohaska