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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Horst Schlick, Schwalbach, DE;
Assignee:
VDO Adolf Schindling AG, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; G01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
733635 ; 116221 ; 250230 ; 324106 ;
Abstract
An indicator includes a dial having a translucent section supported on a housing, a light beam directed along a path through the housing such that light is not normally received at the translucent section, a measuring element movable within the housing in accordance with a condition to be sensed and a reflector carried by the measuring element and movable therewith to intersect the light beam path to reflect the light beam to the translucent section when a predetermined condition is sensed.