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Dust excluding device

US4376543A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 29, 1981
Grant dateMar 15, 1983
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D5/34769
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dust excluding device for a linear scale type measuring instrument which comprises; flexible shield members disposed at opposite sides of an opening formed in a hollow casing along a line of movement of a movable member and having the forward ends thereof being brought into abutting contact with each other; and a neck adapted to locally push open the abutting contact portions of the shield members, for imparting a displacement of the movable member at the outside of said hollow casing to the interior of said hollow casing through said opening; characterized in that the end portions of said neck in the moving directions thereof are each formed into a letter `V` shape, the tip of which obliquely recedes from inside to outside of said hollow casing.

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