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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5376776 | Number wheel stack assembly for utility meters A number wheel assembly for a counter mechanism has a plurality of hubs with an eccentrically shaped aperture for slideable assembly and orientation on a shaft and eccentric lobe. Each hub having a recess and a pinion spindle in the recess for receiving a... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5359993 | Apparatus for counting the number of times a medical instrument has been used An apparatus for counting the number of times a medical instrument has been sterilized includes an indicator having sequential indicia and a heat responsive member for indicating a next one of the indicia. Mechanical, fluid mechanical and electronic versi... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5122642 | Reset device for the digit rollers of a counter A reset device (7) for the digit rollers (3) of a counter has a positioning spring (22) developed integrally on a shift drive bridge (9), the positioning spring being adapted to engage by means of a detent projection (21) into detent recesses (17-20) of t... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5091633 | Unitized odometer roll assembly for vehicles and roll interconnecting method In this arrangement the rolls of an odometer are serially built up on a support shaft and are sequentially interconnected by pinion gears which drivingly mesh with gear teeth internally of the rolls. These pinion gears are operatively mounted on partition... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4910392 | Counter mechanisms A counter mechanism for a postage meter includes a number of sections each having a number wheel (14) repesenting the respective order of accounted value, transfer mechanisms in the form of Geneva gears connecting the number wheels (14) to provide carry-o... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4543475 | Antireverse means for an odometer An antireverse rotation means which includes a resilient arm provided on and protruding from a side face of a pinion holder and an engagement portion formed on a side face of a digit wheel at a position corresponding to an end of said resilient arm. The r... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4499370 | Zero-reset type counter A zero-reset type counter comprising an order shift pinion built in an inner space formed between two adjacent digit wheels in order to make the space between the adjacent digit wheels as small as possible and to form a compact counter as a whole. The zer... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4195768 | Roller bearing internal pinion counter An internal pinion revolution counter includes a bearing member rotatably supporting an input shaft. At least first and second number wheels are provided each having a radially outwardly extending web portion joined to an annular flange portion, the first... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4185188 | Internal pinion revolution counter and method of assembling the same An internal pinion revolution counter includes a rotatable input shaft having first and second axial sections, and a bearing sleeve member rotatably supporting the first shaft section. A gear member is rotatably mounted on the sleeve member and has first ... | 01/22/1980 |
