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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:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Norm Pacific Automation Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/008 ; A61B 1/227 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/008 ; A61B 1/227 ;
Abstract
A mechanism for removing probe covers from an ear thermometer includes a fastening portion, a connecting portion and a pushing portion. The fastening portion is mounted to the thermometer at a portion near the measuring probe. The connecting portion has one end connected to the fastening portion and the other end connected to the pushing portion. The pushing portion is located at rear end of the probe cover so that as the connecting portion or the pushing portion being pressed by user, the probe cover is removed from the probe.