Convertible multirate dial register for energy consumption meters
US4365194A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 14, 1980 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2000 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R11/64
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multirate dial register for meters having a rotatable measuring element includes plural sets of dial indicators having at least one set thereof selectively coupled by a clutch mechanism to the measuring element such that the ratio of measuring indications at the one set of dial indicators is controllable at the front of the register for converting between measurements of different parameters of a measured quantity by a solenoid actuated clutch wherein one solenoid plunger end controls the clutch and the opposite plunger end controls an on-off dial indicator.
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