Remote digital indicator attachment for a gas meter
US3974694A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 1975 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F15/061
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A digital read-out or indicator attachment for a utility meter which features a tensioned, flexible stranded cable connected at one end to a crank driven in rotation by the index of the meter and having an opposite remotely extending end connected to operate a digital counter located in a position remote from the meter. The cable is supported between the crank and the counter by a low friction sheath having a coefficient of thermal expansion approximately equal to that of the cable.
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