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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
David E. Glass, Knoxville, TN (US);
David E. Glass, Knoxville, TN (US);
Other;
Abstract
A device for setting, adjusting, and measuring a force in a system, including a first portion for measuring a system force at a first end of the device and including a measurement means, a second portion for adjusting or setting the system force at a second end of the device and including an adjustment means, a housing where the first portion corresponds to the first end of the housing and the second portion corresponds to the second end of the housing, a resilient means within the measurement means for generating a resistance force, and a visual means for indicating an amount of the system force that is related to the physical position of the adjustment means and the resistance force created by the resilient means.