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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/02 ; G01B 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/02 ; G01B 7/02 ;
Abstract
A leaf thickness sensing device (,) having mounting apparatus (,) for flexibly mounting the device adjacent a leaf whose thickness is to be sensed, a leaf support element (,) coupled to the mounting apparatus, a displaceable leaf abutting (,) juxtaposed with respect to and biased towards the leaf support element so as to be in firm, non-destructive abutting contact with a leaf to be releasably retained on the leaf support element; a displacement transducer element (,) responsibly coupled to the leaf abutting element and serving to generate a signal corresponding to displacement of the second element relative to the first element.