US 4,232,303 AGranted

Multiitem indicating device

AssigneeNippon Soken, Inc.

InventorYasuyuki Sakakibara

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Abstract

A multiitem indicating device for indicating a title of a desired item, its units and a detected electrical value corresponding to the desired item comprises a pair of drums around which a plurality of titles and their units are indicated respectively, and which are coaxially connected by a connecting shaft so as to be rotated integrally about an axis thereof. An angular position detecting means includes a code plate and a code sensor for detecting an angular position of the two drums and producing electric signals corresponding to said angular position and a figure indicator disposed in a groove surrounded by the two drums and the connecting shaft. Since the title and the detected value and the unit which correspond to the title can be detected on the same straight line on the same plane, the obtained data can be easily and precisely observed.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A multiitem indicating device for indicating a title of a desired item out of a plurality of items, the indication units and the electrically detected value corresponding to the desired item comprising:

a pair of drums coaxially connected by a connecting shaft so as to be rotated integrally about an axis thereof;
a plurality of titles and corresponding indication units being indicated around the surfaces of said pair of drums, respectively, so as to be opposed to each other along an axis of said pair of drums;
an angular position detecting means for detecting an angular position of said pair of drums and producing electric signals corresponding to said angular position;
a switching means for selecting a detected value out of a plurality of detected values in accordance with said electric signals produced by said angular position detecting means;
and
a figure indicator provided in a groove surrounded by said pair of drums and said connecting shaft, and electrically connected to said switching means for indicating said selected detected value.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.