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US 6,782,635 B1Granted
Measurement gauge having extensions
OwnerFrank J. Cappiello, Sr.inventor
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A pair of extensions for a gauge for measuring objects is disclosed. Various construction details are developed that provide extensions that may be used to determine the size of objects, such as gemstones, that are embedded within a structure and not accessible by conventional gauges. In a particular embodiment, a pair of extensions each having a sleeve and a member extending outward from the sleeve. The sleeve fits over a finger of the arms of a gauge and includes a set screw to attach the sleeve to the finger. The members include contact surfaces to be placed in contact the object to be measured. In another particular embodiment, at least one of the extensions has a tapered cross-section such that the distal end of the cross-section is sized to be inserted within the structure surrounding the object to be measured.
A pair of removable extensions for use with a gauge for measuring size, the gauge including a pair of arms extending in a first direction, each arm having a finger projecting towards the opposite arm, the arms capable of converging and diverging motion relative to each other to produce displacements between the arms, such displacements being measurable by the gauge, each of the pair of extensions including a sleeve sized to fit over one of the fingers and a member extending outward from the sleeve, the sleeve including means to fixedly attach the sleeve to the finger over which it has been fit, the member including a contact surface facing towards the opposite arm in an installed condition such that the pair of contact surfaces face each other and, upon sufficient converging motion of the arms, the pair of contact surfaces engage each other, the member having a length dimension measured outward from the sleeve, a width dimension measured laterally to the length, and a height dimension measured laterally to the length and width, wherein the length dimension is greater than the width and height dimensions, wherein at least one member has a cross-sectional shape that gradually tapers in the direction outward from the sleeve to a minimum at the distal end, and wherein the contact surface extends in the length dimension such that the object to be measured may be located between the distal ends of the members.
A gauge for measuring the size of an object, the gauge including a pair of arms extending in a first direction, each arm having a finger projecting towards the opposite arm, the arms capable of converging and diverging motion relative to each other to produce displacements between the arms, such displacements being measurable by the gauge, each of the fingers including a member extending outward from the finger, the member including a contact surface facing towards the opposite arm in an installed condition such that the pair of contact surfaces face each other and, upon sufficient converging motion of the arms, the pair of contact surfaces engage each other, the member having a length dimension measured outward from the finger, a width dimension measured laterally to the length, and a height dimension measured laterally to the length and width, wherein the length dimension is greater than the width and height dimensions, wherein at least one of the members has a cross-sectional shape that gradually tapers in the direction outward from the sleeve to a minimum at the distal end, and wherein the contact surface extends in the length dimension such that the object to be measured may be located between the distal ends of the members.
A pair of removable extensions for use with a gauge for measuring size, the gauge including a pair of arms extending in a first direction, each arm having a finger projecting towards the opposite arm, the arms capable of converging and diverging motion relative to each other to produce displacements between the arms, such displacements being measurable by the gauge, each of the pair of extensions including a sleeve sized to fit over one of the fingers and a member extending outward from the sleeve, the sleeve including a threaded aperture and a correspondingly threaded screw, wherein upon sufficient engagement between the screw and the threaded aperture the screw binds the sleeve to the finger, the member including a contact surface facing towards the opposite arm in an installed condition such that the pair of contact surfaces face each other and, upon sufficient converging motion of the arms, the pair of contact surfaces engage each other, the member having a length dimension measured outward from the sleeve, a width dimension measured laterally to the length, and a height dimension measured laterally to the length and width, wherein the length dimension is greater than the width and height dimensions, wherein at least one of the members tapers in height and width along the length dimension such that the member has a cross-sectional shape that gradually tapers in the direction outward from the sleeve to a minimum at the distal end, and wherein the contact surface extends in the length dimension such that the object to be measured may be located outward between the distal ends of the members.
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