# US 5,345,838 A · Easily assembled calibratable dial

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- Number: US 5,345,838 A
- Document ID: US5345838A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/012,892
- Filed: 1993-02-03
- Granted: 1994-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 1993-02-03
- Assignees: The Grigoleit Company
- Inventors: Robert K. Howie, Jr.
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5345838A

## CPC

- G05G 1/10: Details, e.g. of discs, knobs, wheels or handles {(G05G1/085 takes precedence)}
- Y10T 29/4981: Utilizing transitory attached element or associated separate material
- Y10T 29/49845: by deforming interlock
- Y10T 29/49895: Associating parts by use of aligning means [e.g., use of a drift pin or a "fixture"]
- Y10T 29/49922: by bending over projecting prongs
- Y10T 74/2084: Knob or dial
- G05G: CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY ("Bowden" or like mechanisms F16C1/10; gearings or mechanisms not peculiar to this purpose F16H; speed changing or reversing mechanisms for gearings conveying rotary motion F16H59/00 - F16H63/00)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A knob and skirt assembly having a dial which can be calibrated relative to a control shaft and easily assembled in the proper position of alignment. The assembly includes a knob having a handle portion and hub portion. The knob portion has a control shaft receiving socket at the outer end thereof. The handle portion has an axially facing annular rim. At least one arcuate segment of teeth is formed on the annular rim. A disk shaped skirt has a central opening which fits over and receives the hub of the knob. A shallow well is formed in the skirt surrounding the central opening. Teeth formed in at least one arcuate segment are positioned in the well to mesh with the teeth on the annular rim. Ribs on the knob are heated and bent over against the skirt to fasten the knob to the skirt and to frictionally resist rotation of the hub and the skirt relative to each other until a predetermined rotational force is applied. An indexing notch is formed in the central opening of the skirt at the peripheral edge thereof. An indexing post is formed on the handle and extends through the indexing notch when the handle and skirt are assembled to align the skirt and the handle. The indexing post is removed from the notch when the ribs are bent over the skirt.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A knob and skit assembly in which the knob and skirt are calibratable relative to each other including:
a knob having a handle and a hub extending from said handle,
said hub having a control shaft receiving socket at the outer end thereof,
a disk shaped skirt having a central opening adapted to fit over and receive said hub,
means to secure said skirt to said handle for rotation relative thereto,
an indexing notch formed in said central opening of said skirt at the peripheral edge of said opening,
an indexing post formed on said handle and located to align said handle and said skirt when said post is aligned with said indexing notch in said skirt,
means to limit rotation of said handle and said skirt relative to each other,
an axially facing annular rim formed on said handle,
a series of teeth formed in at least one segment on said annular rim,
a shallow well surrounding said central opening formed on the side of said skirt facing said handle, and
teeth formed in at least one arcuate segment in said well and positioned to mesh with said segment of teeth on said annular rim.