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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Larry R Nepsund, Savage, MN (US);
Assignee:
Donaldson Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73-168 ; 116268 ; 116270 ; 340607 ; 73-157 ;
Abstract
A restriction indicator for an air cleaner of an internal combustion engine. A bellows-type diaphragm is biased toward a retracted position by a first end of a compression spring. A calibration wheel threadingly engaging the housing supports a second end of the compression spring, such that the restriction indicator can be calibrated by rotation of the calibration wheel. An end of the compression spring is seated on a slanted seating surface so that a plunger is pushed off-center to engage a latch and lock the restriction indicator.