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US 4,027,120 AGranted
Ignition distributor having contact adjustment mechanism
AssigneeDucellier & Cie
InventorLouis Chateau
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Abstract
An ignition distributor for use in an internal combustion engine, the distributor having in known manner a fixed contact and a movable contact wherein there is provided a support for the fixed contact having a housing which contains a nut threadably engaged with an adjustment screw whereby angular divergence is permitted between the screw and said support for the fixed contact when the screw is rotated.
Claims6
An ignition distributor with contact adjustment means comprising:
- a housing means, a fixed contact and a movable contact, a support for said fixed contact within said housing means, a housing on said support, a nut mounted in said housing so as to be non-rotatable relative thereto, and an adjustment screw threadably engaged with said nut and fixedly retained and rotatably adjustable with respect to said housing means, said nut and said housing being spaced from each other so as to permit angular movement of said housing about an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of said adjustment screw when said screw is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.