Abstract:
In order to detect relative linear displacements between two members (S, C), the transducer includes a fixed part or stator (1) connectible to one of the members (C) and a movable part or rotor (2) rotatably supported by the fixed part (1). A flexible traction member (5) has one end anchored to the other member (S) and its other end connected to the rotor (2) in such a way as to cause rotation of the latter in one sense relative to the stator (1) when the members (S, C) move away from each other. The transducer also includes a return spring (3) which tends to rotate the rotor (2) in the opposite sense of rotation when the two members (S, C) move towards each other. Electrical sensor means output electrical signals indicative of the angular position of the rotor (2) relative to the stator (1) and hence of the relative position of the two members (S, C).
Abstract:
An apparatus (10) for determining an area of a surface which is traversed and treated by an object during a unit of time is configured for use with a movable object (11) that has a first axis (17) of a known length. The object is capable of movement along a second axis (19) and the first and second axes (17, 19) define an angle between them which is other than 0 DEG . A signalling means (28) includes a sensor (27) which may be mounted in a motion-sensing relationship to the object (11) for providing a motion signal when the object (11) moves a distance along the second axis (19). The motion signal has a predetermined relationship to that distance. A timing means (45) repetitively provides a plurality of timing signals, each sequential pair of which defines an interval of time of known duration. A computing means (43) is coupled to the timing means (45) and to the signalling means (28) for receiving at least one sequential pair of timing signals and at least one motion signal. The computing means (43) thereby initiates a display of the area of the surface which is traversed by the first axis (17) per unit of time and therefore treated as the object (11) moves along the second axis (19).
Abstract:
An area gauge consisting of a transfer portion composed of a transfer screw (1), an adjusting screw (7), and a regulator member (22) provided with a swivel ring (25) via a shaft, a measuring portion composed of a gauge body (16), a gauge gear (29), an area value display disc (39), a gear disc (44) on which a vernier ring (43) is fixed, a scale disc (40), and a rotary disc (54) and a stationary plate which are fixed to the gauge body (16), and a tracer portion composed of a fork (68), and a tracer rod (70) and a lever (74). The guide gear (29), which is mounted rigidly on a centrifugal shaft (27) engaged with the gauge body (16), is turned as it meshes with the gear disc (44). Consequently, the swivel ring (25) is turned in the same direction as a tracer needle (P), so that the gauge body turns in the direction which is opposite to the direction in which the swivel ring (25) is turned, to determine an area accurately. This area gauge is capable of not only determining the area of an object of an arbitrary shape but also dividing an area of an arbitrary value at an arbitrary ratio.