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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Darrell Robinson, Highland, MI (US);
Karl R. Loehr, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ekstrom Industries, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/02 ;
Abstract
A jaw contact tester and conditioning apparatus for measuring push-in and pull-out forces between a blade terminal and a jaw contact mounted in an electrical power service apparatus. The jaw contact tester is provided in multiple aspects providing, in one aspect, a simple go/no-go pull-out force indication, in a second aspect providing a push-in and pull-out force indication on separate scales carried on the tester and, in a third aspect, allows a force measurement gauge to be attached to the blade terminal holder for measuring blade push-in and blade pull-out forces relative to a jaw contact.