Flush pin gauge

A flush pin gauge for checking the position of a center pin in a coaxial connector, the connector having an insulator spaced from and encircling the center pin and a conductive outer shield circumscribing the insulator, the gauge comprising:

• a housing;
• a fitting attached to one end of the housing, the fitting being adapted for slidingly engaging the conductive outer shield of the connector;
• a gauge pin slidingly restrained in the housing, one end of the gauge pin extending generally centrally of the fitting and terminating adjacent an outer end of the fitting, another end of the gauge pin extending from another end of the housing generally opposite the one end;
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• gauging means coupled to the another end of the housing adjacent the another end of the gauge pin for determining the relative position of the another end of the gauge pin, the gauge pin being slidingly pushed through the housing when the fitting is pressed into an operative measuring position on the outer shield of the connector, the position of the center pin with respect to an outer end of the outer shield being indicated by the position of the another end of the gauge pin with respect to the gauging means, the gauging means comprising means extending from the another end of the housing and aligned with the gauge pin, the extending means having a marker of preselected width extending transverse to a direction of sliding motion of the gauge pin, the marker being positioned to align with the another end of the gauge pin when the gauge is operatively coupled to a coaxial connector having a properly positioned center pin.