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Roller counter

US4821300A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 20, 1987
Grant dateApr 11, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 20, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06M1/163
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A roller counter, which can be reset to zero position via its axis has, for the purpose of stepping its digit rollers, a lock pawl swivellably supported on a side wall of the digit rollers for being swivelled around a pin. A pestle, serving the purpose of zero setting, is supported for swivelling movement around a second pin on the digit roller and cooperates with a stop on the axis. The locking pawl and the pestle each are spring-loaded to a predetermined degree by a leg of a leaf spring bent to V-shape. The leaf spring is held on the digit roller by means of a mounting including walls accompanying both legs of the leaf spring at the inner side and at the outer side and contacting the legs according to a surface-to-surface contact.

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