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US 7,062,950 B2Granted
Measurement device
Assigneei f m electronic GmbH
InventorBenno Kathan
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Abstract
A measurement device with a cylindrical housing (2), with a sensor element and with an adjustment element (6) made, for example, as a potentiometer, for setting at least one parameter of the measurement device. The measurement device (1) is especially easily and still accurately and reproducibly settable by there being at least one rotary adjustment ring, the adjustment ring being made as a housing sleeve (7) for setting the parameter.
Claims14
Measurement device comprising:
- a cylindrical housing with a sensor element located therein and
- an adjustment element for setting at least one parameter of the measurement device,
- wherein at least one setting element is provided for setting the at least one adjustment element, said setting element comprising a rotary sleeve mounted over a portion of said cylindrical housing, and
- wherein at least one scale is provided on at least one of an outer surface of the housing and the sleeve for indicating a value of the parameter set based on the position of the sleeve relative to the housing wherein the rotary sleeve has internal teeth, wherein a gear is provided within the housing, the gear having external teeth for co-acting with said internal teeth, and wherein the gear interacts with the adjustment element.
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