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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:
Oct. 25, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eugene F Duncan, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250239 ; 250221 ;
Abstract
A diffuse reflective photoelectric detector head (2) for a solid state limit switch (4) having a photoreceiver with a fixed field of view (FV) and a light source (20) pivotally adjustable to cause its light beam (LB) to intersect the field of view (FV) at varying distances from the detector head, the adjustment being indicated by a mechanical indicator (26f). The head is mountable on a limit switch enclosure (8) in any of four major axis positions, with electrical connections (22a-50a, b, c) for the head being made at the junction of head (2) and enclosure (8).