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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:
May. 01, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Milton J Palma, Pekin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3314 / ;
Abstract
A gauge is provided for directly measuring wear of a chain as a function of chain pitch. The gauge measures chain pitch where pitch is unknown and indicates chain wear for a given pitch in percentage of chain elongation due to wear. The gauge is color coded for easy reading.