Patent · US Expired

Probe cover grip and release device

US4112762A · kind A · utility

42Cited by

6References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Johnson & Johnson GmbH · US

Inventors

Robert B. Turner · Georgetown, US
Marvin Menzin · Lexington, US
Hugh Robinson · Stuttgart, DE
Thomas Scott Williams · Los Angeles, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 28, 1976
Grant date	Sep 12, 1978
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 1996

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01K13/25
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A probe member for use with a probe cover including a handle having a mounting member; and a probe element fixed to the mounting member; the probe element includes at least one stationary salient section having a sharp edge outwardly flared toward the handle for gradually dilating the end of the probe cover installed on the probe element and impaling the adjacent surface of the probe cover to hold the probe cover firmly in place and prevent its release.

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