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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:
Jan. 29, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert D Roley, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3316 / ; 3316 / ; 3317 / ;
Abstract
Apparatus for gauging the wear of a toothed sprocket includes a flat body defining a plurality of peaks about the periphery thereof. A pair of such peaks are brought into contact with adjacent flanks of adjacent teeth of the sprocket, and another peak, intermediate the pair of peaks, is brought adjacent the root area of the sprocket between such adjacent flanks, so that wear of a sprocket in such area can be observed.