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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7584550 | Apparatus and method for measuring waviness of sheet materials A device and a method for measuring and quantifying waviness of sheet materials such as paper. The device in accordance with one embodiment comprises a base having a planar, smooth, and level upper surface for supporting a stack of sheets thereon, a plate-shaped wei... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7367984 | Methods and apparatus for sizing fresh donor heart valves A fresh donor tissue valve isolation annulus size comprising a handle and trigger or crank knob manipulated by the user moves a movable probe into proximity with a stationary probe so that the probes can be inserted into the tissue valve lumen. The user releases the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7266906 | Measuring tool A measuring tool has a slider (3) supported to a body frame (1) and a feeding mechanism (4) for moving the slider in axial direction. The feeding mechanism includes: an outer roller (41) rotatably supported to the body frame (1); a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7216440 | Apparatus and method for garment quality control Apparatus and methods for determining a dimension of a portion of a garment are disclosed that preferably comprise a first member having a first gage end and a slide end, and a second member co-operatively engaged with the first member. The second member has a secon... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7166112 | Device for determining distance between two points in a surgical site A device for use by a surgeon to determine the distance between two points within a surgical site, the device having a gripper retractably and flexibly connected to a body by a retractor having a proximal spring portion and a distal portion comprising a cable. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7070375 | Clamping fastener grip length indicator A temporary fastener includes a grip length indicator. By machining a flattened area into a body of the temporary fastener, by engraving an scale into the flattened area, and by attaching an indicator dot visible in the groove to a moving part of an internal assembl... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6966881 | Cervical dilation monitor A system for measuring dilation of a cervix of a uterus of a female during the first stage of labor, including an expandable gripping arrangement having two oppositely facing gripping members configured, such that, the gripping arrangement grips the dilating cervix.... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6874246 | Wear measurement gauge for padeyes shackles and chains A wear measurement device permits reliable and accurate measurements of wear and wear trends for fastening devices used in maritime applications, and on-shore facilities, such as chains, shackles, padeyes, anchor legs, and the like. The device utilizes a pair of arm... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6739068 | Pliers with jaw spacing and load measuring readings A pliers with two handles and two jaw portions, all pivoted together. Two readable combinations, each having a scale and a pointer, are on the handles to respectively reveal the amount of pivot and the force applied to a workpiece. A parallel linkage assembly can be... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6430830 | Dental measuring device A dental measuring device can be used to measure the separation of reference positions on a patient's upper and lower jaws to assist in the construction of dentures. The device has two elements which slide longitudinally relative to each other with a poin... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6311382 | Method for installing door hinges on car bodies, and device for implementing same The invention relates to a method and a device for installing door hinges on car bodies, whereby the actual opening width of the car door on the side frame receiving one or two car doors in the longitudinal car axis is touch-sensitively determined by mean... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6256896 | Infantometer for measuring height of infants An infantometer in combination with a pediatric weighing scale. The infantometer has a pediatric-scale mounting means projecting downwardly from the main frame thereof with releasable retaining means for releasably retaining the infantometer to a pediatri... | 07/10/2001 |
| 5974678 | Infantometer for measuring height of infants An infantometer is made of low-friction styrene, has two telescoping halves, with each having half of the measuring indicia thereon. The first stationary half has a fixed handle against which the head of the infant is placed. The measuring indicia or scal... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5513437 | Dovetail tenon offset caliper and dovetail tenon construction method A dovetail tenon offset caliper includes a shoulder engagement member, a interior intersection point engagement member and a translation assembly for displacing the interior intersection point engagement member with respect to the shoulder engagement memb... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5099585 | In-process machine gage An in-process gage is disclosed utilizing a four bar linkage system having a floating bar in the form of a bellcrank with an active feeler connected to the bellcrank and engageable with the workpiece surface. A fixed feeler is attached directly to the gag... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5095638 | Method for assigning standard fasteners in accordance with a series of measurements A portable measuring system for making a series of thickness measurements of a material such as an aircraft skin and for determining therefrom the sizes and quantities of standard size fasteners required for fastening the material. For each measurement, a... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5088207 | True end-to-end electronic saddle micrometer An electronic saddle micrometer to measure the differential diameter and the profile of cylindrical rolls used in flat rolled product mills, which permits continuous and accurate measurement and recording of profile data over the entire length of the roll... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4892449 | Releasable fastener with gauge, and method A scaled releasable fastener for temporarily joining a plurality of sheets through apertures located in the sheets has a body with a work engaging surface and an opposite surface. The body includes a longitudinal bore extending through the body from the w... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4876800 | Portable grip length indicator A portable grip length indicator for determining a discrete fastener length for a fastener to be used in fastening a stack of two or more pieces of material. The indicator comprises a body, a probe attached to the body and capable of extending beyond the ... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4779349 | Notch measuring device An instrument for measuring the distance between bone parts in a knee joint, particularly the distance between both femoral condyles (A', A") at the knee end of the femur (A), the instrument including a first element (3, 4, 12) with a first abutment surfa... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4726121 | Surgical caliper A caliper that can be operated with one hand to provide accurate direct readings of dimensions within a surgical incision has a fixed jaw at the end of a shaft and a movable jaw at the end of a tube slidably mounted on the shaft. The slidable tube is norm... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4472883 | Structural movement measuring device The specification discloses a device for detecting movement of two portions of a structure relative one another. The device comprises a first disc defining a radial scale and fixedly securable to the first portion of the structure and a second disc fixedl... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4389783 | Measuring device Herein disclosed is a measuring device such as a micrometer, slide calipers, a depth gauge or a height gauge, in which a slider is so provided that it can move back and forth in the same direction of such a relatively movable portion as can move relative ... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4332085 | Rope helix gage Apparatus is described for mechanically determining the helix height of a preformed strand containing a plurality of helically wound wires for use in the production of wire rope. The apparatus includes a base support for maintaining the dimensional integr... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4033043 | Gauge for measuring length of an opening A hand-held gauge for measuring the distance between the near and far edges of an elongated opening in an element, thereby to determine the opening length, and wherein there is access to only one end of the opening. The gauge includes an elongated probe f... | 07/05/1977 |
