Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoshihisa Shijo

Hiroshi Sone

Takanobu Shiokawa

Masahide Inoue

Hiroaki Fuse

Teruo Sakai

Yuko Ochiai

The closed container for an clinometric sensor is assembled of a tube-like member with a circular cross section, and a pair of side boards shaped like a disc and closing both opening ends of the tube-like member. On the inside flat plane of one side board, a pair of first electrodes are formed with a gap passing the central axis of the tube-like member and trending in the radial direction of the tube-like member. On the other hand, on the inside flat plane of the other side board, a second electrode is formed through the approximately whole area thereof. In the closed container, an electrolytic solution of approximately a half of the volume thereof is injected.

Clinometric sensor

A pair of upper electrodes are formed on an upper inner surface of a closed container constituting a clinometric sensor and a lower electrode is formed on the bottom of the closed container. An electrolytic solution comprising potassium iodide and a solvent containing a mixture of N,N-dimethylformamide and acetonitrile in which a bubble remains is sealed into the closed container.

Electrolytic solution for clinometric sensor

An inclination sensor includes a container in which an electrolyte liquid and a gas bubble are sealed. The container has a top member with a concave surface having a radius of curvature in a first direction larger than a radius of curvature in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction. The concave surface is provided with two electrodes that are aligned in the first direction. An inclination of an object is measured by mounting the inclination sensor to the object and electrically detecting the position of the bubble as it contacts the concave surface, by passing a current through the liquid.

Inclination sensor

In a tilt sensor including a sealed container which is comprised of a container body and a top cover plate which is adapted to close the container body and is provided on the inner surface thereof with a recess whose depth gradually increases from the peripheral edge toward the center thereof, and a holder which holds the sealed container, the top cover plate and the holder are provided with a positioning device which determines a relative angular position between the sealed container and the holder. A mask and a coat holder, which are used to form electrodes on the top cover plate are also disclosed.

Tilt sensor, mask and coat holder

A tilt sensor includes a sealed container formed of a container body, a top cover plate adapted to close the container body and provided on one end surface thereof with a recess having a concave surface whose depth gradually increases from a peripheral edge toward a center thereof. The tilt sensor further includes a liquid enclosure containing an air bubble, that is enclosed in the container body. To coincide the center of the configuration of the top cover plate with a line normal at a deepest portion of the concave surface at a grinding operation after molding the top cover plate, an indicia is provided on the line normal to the concave surface at the deepest point of the concave surface.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yoshihisa Shijo