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GRADE-INDICATOR.
'93. Specification of Letters Patent. ] P aSa7. 19.
Application fled.November 27, 1917. Serial No. 204,231:
onm it may' concern: through the instrument 6in the) line -5=t of
mown that w6, Jsz B. SHEMELEY Fig. 1. ' adG i e
on E.thEMELEY, citizens of the Fig. 6 is a perspectivieview of the weight-
tates, residing at El Paso, in the ed gear wheel for pracurig: n'indidation
f El Paso, State of Texas, have in- of the gradein one direction(: 60
ertain new ,anduseful Improve- Referring more particu'lal to thedraw-
Grade-TIdicators; and we dp hereby ings, 1. represents frame which ia'the
he' following to be a full, clear, and* front head 2 and the'rear head 3,the -heads
sciiption of the invention, such as being; connected by -angular corner bads 4.
ble others: skilled in the art to Furthermore,.athe angle 'bars ae of,'such 65
appertains to make and use'the length as to elongate the frame somewhat,
and substantially at':their'niddle point'the
iverition relates to grade indicators, bars are connected'ybyntransvers struts 5.
particular reference to instruments Mounted upon the front:of the frame P is
n motor vehicles, flying machines, a ;dial plate 6 which,-is=securedii-ntposltion 70
e vessels. by means of 'a plurality: of'angle : buckets
ject of the invention is to provide 7 which 'are fastenedtLto the baelrkno#tle
ment of simple construction which dial and also to the.outer side'kofthe'frame
Cate the 'inclination of a vehicle or 1. 'A cylindricaljaclt i'8having :a 'eyii9
both a lateral and i longitudinal threaded upon -its.: 'reartaendasnnyi-also' be 75
removably; fixed to thebael'ofiheadia4"lfte;
rmote, it is the object of the in- as by being threadsdgon 'a'flange'10 extend-
to provide an instrument which ing from the back;ofnlthe dial ,plate;6&& A
late the inclination of the vehicle or slip:collar support 11-mouablesver'thiotter
rying the instrument to one side surface of the cylindrical cairigi01aiiy'-be so
her, and will simultaneously indi- fixed to the casing by mieans-.of=ait-screw
grade, whether it.-be up or down 12, so that the instrument maybe adjastet
tion to the direction of the vehicle 'with relation to the vehicletupoinwhith it
In this connection, the instrument is mounted. p J -) h
ably, arranged to' indicate the in- Having a bearing at the headQ,:'and 'an- 85
in direct terms. That is, the in- other bearing.in. thedialplate 6is -a"tibu-
-to one side or the other are indi- lar shaft 13. said tubular.,'shaft .13extend
degrees, while the incline of the ing beyond the fronttface of; the, djhl'6-so
a the longitudinal axis is expressed as to receive thereon'ainndtcatingsha nd?4.
al plate in gradient percentages. Between 'the head 2,and: the iuier face of 90
he above objects in view, and such the' dial plate, the shaft '13g has amounted
ating to the details of construction, thereon the counter;4eightf157which'is so-
hereinafter appear, our invention constructed.. and balancedtthat-sit will re-
be fully set forth and described, spond to variations;; niitheninelipatioh ofthe
.being had to the accompanying instrument or ,the: vehigle Pone'Wikiut1is 95
carried, in'lateraf directions.
drawings': Extending longitudinally through the
1 is a front elevational view of frame is a shaft 16 whose rear end has a
moved instrument. bearing in the head 3, and whose forward
is a side. elevational view of the end is journaled in a bearing bracket 17 100
me of the instrument, the enclosing which is carried upon the rear side of the
ing in section. head 2, the shaft 16 then extending through
is a central sectional view taken the tubular shaft 13 and beyond the front
nally through the instrument on face of the dial plate. Thus, while the
intersecting the axis of the instru- shafts 13 and 16 rotate upon a common axis, 105
their actions may be independent of one an-
is a transverse sectional view other. Mounted between one of the trans-
the instrument on the "line .4--4 verse struts of the frame 1 and a parallel
brace 18 is a shaft 19 upon which is car-
is a transverse sectional view reed a balance wheel 20. The balance wheel 110UNITED STATES PATENT OI'FICE
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Shemeley, Jesse B. & Shemeley, Marion E. Grade-Indicator., patent, January 7, 1919; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259405/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.