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US2447739A US564572A US56457244A US2447739A US 2447739 A US2447739 A US 2447739A US 564572 A US564572 A US 564572A US 56457244 A US56457244 A US 56457244A US 2447739 A US2447739 A US 2447739A
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  • Another object of the invention is to provide a simple form of gauge operating mechanism which can be readily adjusted without removal of the glass, hand and face, which is ordinarily necessary. More specifically, it is an' object of the invention to provide an arrangement which is adjustable from the exterior.” Still another object of the invention is to provide operating mechanism'for gauges, which is suitable either for positive pressure or vacuum gauges. How the foregoing, together with such other objects and advantages as areincident to the invention are realized, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-'- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gauge embodying my improvements, with the glass and face removed.
  • FIG. 2 illustratesa detail of the invention
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a modification
  • the referencecharacter A indicates the housing or body portion of the gauge.
  • the reference character B indicates the Bourdon tube, and the reference character C the hand or pointer of the gauge.
  • the pointer is carried byfriction fit on the end of a shaft I, suitably journaled in bracket 8 supported from the housing.
  • the shaft intermediate its ends, has a pinion 9 by means of which the hand is to be rotated in indicating pressure.
  • the pinion is engaged by a straight rack bar l0.
  • Movement is transmitted from the Bourdon tube to the rack bar through the medium of a floating lever H.
  • One end of the floating lever is pivotally associated with the rack bar near one end of the latter, as indicated at l3.
  • the rack is held in association with the pinion, against accidental displacement in shipping and the like, by means of a stiff wire M or the like, for which purpose the rack bar is provided with the fingers l5 and Hi.
  • the finger I5 is apertured to receive one end of the wire l4 and the finger i6 is also apertured to receive the wire.
  • One end of the wire is bent over to engage the finger l6.
  • the wire is readily assembled and is held ciatedwith the housing, as indicated at 2 l-.
  • a link H has one end pivotally associated with the floating lever intermediate the ends of the latter as indicated at l8. This pivotal point provides an axis for rocking movement of the floating lever. This pivotal association is provided by means of the block l9 and the screw 20, as more clearly illustrated in Figure 2. When the screw' is turned home, the block is firmly engagedin the floating lever, and the parts are held against relative movement from any given selected position of adjustment. Link I'i, however, is free to rock.- s
  • the other end of the link I! is pivotally asso- The link rocks about this pivot point 2!.
  • the link is pivoted to the member 22, which is slidably supported on the bar 23 carried by the housing.
  • the member 22 is slotted at 220., and it may be secured in any selectedposition of adjustment by means of the
  • the position of the member 22 may be shifted by means of the cam 25 which is nonrotatively associated with the screw 26. When the screw is turned, the cam is turned, engaging the member 22 and shifting it.
  • a large screw 21 is threaded into the wall of the housing, which, when removed, provides access to screws 24 and 126 from the exteriorof the casing.
  • the gauge will always give an accurate indication of pressure throughout the range of the gauge, and the movement of the hand will not be characterized by the slow-down and speed-up movements, which is characteristic of commercial gauges in intermediate regions of the movement of the hand.
  • the gauge can be initially accurately set; and by pivotally associating the link with the housing in an adjustable manner, the gauge can be readily adjusted without taking it apart in the event that the position of the pointer on its shaft is altered, as for example, by dropping the gauge or other sudden shock.
  • the operating mechanism is suitable not only for the positive pressure type of gauge shown but also for the vacuum type. All that is necessary to adapt the operating mechanism to the vacuum type gauge is to remove the pivot screw of the pinion and its shaft and bearings, a hair spring and its shaft and bearings, upper and lower plates with supporting posts.
  • a single pointer is used not only to indicate-the normal range of pressures but also over pressures beyond the normal range.
  • the movement of the present invention may be applied to such gauges, as, for example, by providing two pinion-portions of different diameters, with two sets of teeth on-the rack bar, one set of teeth engaging the smaller pinion portion for indicating the normal range of pressure. When this pressure is exceeded, the other set of teeth will'come into engagement with the larger pinion and register the overpressure.
  • a slot 29 is provided in the housing wall and a slotted cover plate 30'is adapted to-cover the same, the cover plate beingadjustably held in place by the screws 3
  • a pointer having a pinion, a rack for rotating the pinion, a Bourdon tube, a floating operating lever one end of which is pivotally connected with the free end of the Bourdon tube and the other end of which is pivotally connected with an end of the rack, and a link one end of which is pivotally connected with the lever intermediate the ends of the latter and thus aifords an axis for rocking movement of said lever and the other end of the link being pivotally connected for swinging movement of the link, with the housing of the gauge.
  • a pointer having a. pinion, a rack for rotating the pinion, a Bourdon tube, a floating operating lever one end of which is pivotally connected with the free end of the Bourdon tube and the other end of which is pivotally connected with an end of the rack, and a link one end of which is pivotally connected with the lever intermediate the ends of the latter and thus afiords an axis for rocking movement of said lever and the other end of the link being pivotally connected for swinging movement of the link, with a member supported from the housing for positional adjustment, and means for adjusting said member.
  • a pointer having a pinion, a rack for rotating the pinion, a Bourdon tube, a floating operating lever one end of which is pivotally connected with the free end of the Bourdon tube and the other end of which is pivotally connected with an end of the rack, and a link one end of which is pivotally connected with the lever intermediate the ends of the latter and thus affords an axis for rocking movement of said lever and the other end of the :link being pivotally connected for swinging movement of the link, with a member supported from the housing for positional adjustment, and means for adjusting said member, together with means for affording access to said adjusting means through ,a wall of the housing.
  • a pointer having a pinion, a rack for rotating the pinion, a Bourdon tube, a floating operating lever one end of which is pivotally connected with the free end of the Bourdon tube .and the other end ofwhich is pivotally connected near an end of the rack, and a link one end of which is pivotally connected with the lever intermediate the ends of the latter and thus affords an axis for rocking movement of said lever and the other end of the link being pivotally connected for swinging movement of the link, with the housing of the gauge, and a spring connected with the rack on the side of thepivot opposite from the pinion and with the floating lever.

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Au 24, 1948. E, OURTNEY 2,447,739
PRES SURE GAUGE Filed Nov. 22, 1944 INVENTOR. Y
Patented Aug. 24, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE p a amnesi if f rrmssmm GAUGE Edward J Cnuntney, Oaklyn, N. J. Application November 22, 1944, Serial no. 564,572
which will give an accurate indication of pressure throughout the range of the gauge. More particularly it is an object of the invention to provide a gauge, the movement of the pointer or hand of which is not characterized by the slowdown and the speed-up movements characteristic of practically all commercial forms of gauges.
Another object of the invention is to provide a simple form of gauge operating mechanism which can be readily adjusted without removal of the glass, hand and face, which is ordinarily necessary. More specifically, it is an' object of the invention to provide an arrangement which is adjustable from the exterior." Still another object of the invention is to provide operating mechanism'for gauges, which is suitable either for positive pressure or vacuum gauges. How the foregoing, together with such other objects and advantages as areincident to the invention are realized, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-'- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gauge embodying my improvements, with the glass and face removed.
Figure 2 illustratesa detail of the invention, and
Figure 3 illustrates a modification.
Referring now to Figure 1, the referencecharacter A indicates the housing or body portion of the gauge. The reference character B indicates the Bourdon tube, and the reference character C the hand or pointer of the gauge.
The pointer is carried byfriction fit on the end of a shaft I, suitably journaled in bracket 8 supported from the housing. The shaft, intermediate its ends, has a pinion 9 by means of which the hand is to be rotated in indicating pressure. The pinion is engaged by a straight rack bar l0.
Movement is transmitted from the Bourdon tube to the rack bar through the medium of a floating lever H. One end of the floating lever is pivotally associated with the rack bar near one end of the latter, as indicated at l3. The rack is held in association with the pinion, against accidental displacement in shipping and the like, by means of a stiff wire M or the like, for which purpose the rack bar is provided with the fingers l5 and Hi. The finger I5 is apertured to receive one end of the wire l4 and the finger i6 is also apertured to receive the wire. One end of the wire is bent over to engage the finger l6. Thus, the wire is readily assembled and is held ciatedwith the housing, as indicated at 2 l-.
"screw 24.
7 Claims. (Cl. 73-411) in' place. '-It performs no essential function in operation.
A link H has one end pivotally associated with the floating lever intermediate the ends of the latter as indicated at l8. This pivotal point provides an axis for rocking movement of the floating lever. This pivotal association is provided by means of the block l9 and the screw 20, as more clearly illustrated in Figure 2. When the screw' is turned home, the block is firmly engagedin the floating lever, and the parts are held against relative movement from any given selected position of adjustment. Link I'i, however, is free to rock.- s
The other end of the link I! is pivotally asso- The link rocks about this pivot point 2!. In the arrangement of Figure 1, the link is pivoted to the member 22, which is slidably supported on the bar 23 carried by the housing. The member 22 is slotted at 220., and it may be secured in any selectedposition of adjustment by means of the The position of the member 22 may be shifted by means of the cam 25 which is nonrotatively associated with the screw 26. When the screw is turned, the cam is turned, engaging the member 22 and shifting it. A large screw 21 is threaded into the wall of the housing, which, when removed, provides access to screws 24 and 126 from the exteriorof the casing.
28 is connected to the ex- A tension spring trerne upper end of the rack I0 and to the floating lever. The function of this spring is to hold the rack in gear with the pinion at all times. It does not interfere with the action of the Bourdon tube. 'It eliminates the use of the hair spring necessar in standard forms which has always been a source of trouble.
By virtue of the employment of the straight rack bar and the floating lever and the link, the gauge will always give an accurate indication of pressure throughout the range of the gauge, and the movement of the hand will not be characterized by the slow-down and speed-up movements, which is characteristic of commercial gauges in intermediate regions of the movement of the hand. By the adjustability of the pivotal points at both ends of the link, the gauge can be initially accurately set; and by pivotally associating the link with the housing in an adjustable manner, the gauge can be readily adjusted without taking it apart in the event that the position of the pointer on its shaft is altered, as for example, by dropping the gauge or other sudden shock.
The operating mechanism is suitable not only for the positive pressure type of gauge shown but also for the vacuum type. All that is necessary to adapt the operating mechanism to the vacuum type gauge is to remove the pivot screw of the pinion and its shaft and bearings, a hair spring and its shaft and bearings, upper and lower plates with supporting posts.
[In still other types of gauges, a single pointer is used not only to indicate-the normal range of pressures but also over pressures beyond the normal range. The movement of the present invention may be applied to such gauges, as, for example, by providing two pinion-portions of different diameters, with two sets of teeth on-the rack bar, one set of teeth engaging the smaller pinion portion for indicating the normal range of pressure. When this pressure is exceeded, the other set of teeth will'come into engagement with the larger pinion and register the overpressure.
In the modification shown in Figure 3, instead of using a screw 21, a slot 29 is provided in the housing wall and a slotted cover plate 30'is adapted to-cover the same, the cover plate beingadjustably held in place by the screws 3|.
What I claim is:
1. In a pressure gauge and its housing, a pointer having a pinion, a rack for rotating the pinion, a Bourdon tube, a floating operating lever one end of which is pivotally connected with the free end of the Bourdon tube and the other end of which is pivotally connected with an end of the rack, and a link one end of which is pivotally connected with the lever intermediate the ends of the latter and thus aifords an axis for rocking movement of said lever and the other end of the link being pivotally connected for swinging movement of the link, with the housing of the gauge.
2. In a pressure gauge and its housing, a pointer having a. pinion, a rack for rotating the pinion, a Bourdon tube, a floating operating lever one end of which is pivotally connected with the free end of the Bourdon tube and the other end of which is pivotally connected with an end of the rack, and a link one end of which is pivotally connected with the lever intermediate the ends of the latter and thus afiords an axis for rocking movement of said lever and the other end of the link being pivotally connected for swinging movement of the link, with a member supported from the housing for positional adjustment, and means for adjusting said member.
3. In a pressure gauge and its housing, a pointer having a pinion, a rack for rotating the pinion, a Bourdon tube, a floating operating lever one end of which is pivotally connected with the free end of the Bourdon tube and the other end of which is pivotally connected with an end of the rack, and a link one end of which is pivotally connected with the lever intermediate the ends of the latter and thus affords an axis for rocking movement of said lever and the other end of the :link being pivotally connected for swinging movement of the link, with a member supported from the housing for positional adjustment, and means for adjusting said member, together with means for affording access to said adjusting means through ,a wall of the housing.
4. In a pressure gauge and its housing, a pointer having a pinion, a rack for rotating the pinion, a Bourdon tube, a floating operating lever one end of which is pivotally connected with the free end of the Bourdon tube .and the other end ofwhich is pivotally connected near an end of the rack, and a link one end of which is pivotally connected with the lever intermediate the ends of the latter and thus affords an axis for rocking movement of said lever and the other end of the link being pivotally connected for swinging movement of the link, with the housing of the gauge, and a spring connected with the rack on the side of thepivot opposite from the pinion and with the floating lever.
5. The gauge of claim 1 in which the means providing pivotal connection of the link with the floating lever is adjustable lengthwise of the lever.
6. The gauge of claim 1 in which the means providing pivotal connection of the link with the floating lever is adjustable lengthwise of the lever and in which the means providing pivotal connection of the link with the housing is adjustable.
7. The gauge of claim 1 in which the rack is invertible whereby the operating mechanism can be applied to positive pressure or-vacuum gauges.
EDWARD J. COURTNEY.
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US4168631A (en) * 1978-10-04 1979-09-25 Dresser Industries, Inc. Amplifier mounting construction for a pressure gauge
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