Electronic gage

Claim 1

A GAGE HEAD FOR USE IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MEANS FOR PRODUCING A DIRECT VOLTAGE OUTPUT COMPRISING: A CYLINDRICAL BODY SEPARABLE INTO TWO PORTIONS ALONG A LONGITUDINAL AXIS, CONSISTING OF A POSITIVE GAGE PORTION AND A NEGATIVE GAGE PORTION; (1) SAID POSITIVE GAGE PORTION COMPRISING: (A) A CYLINDRICAL HOUSING HAVING AT LEAST ONE OPENED END AND A CLOSED END, SAID OPENED END FORMING A RECESS; (B) SAID CLOSED END HAVING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTING MEANS; (C) INSULATING MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTING MEANS AND FILLING SAID RECESS; (D) A GAGE POLE FORMING A FIXED CAPACITANCE PLATE EMBEDDED IN SAID INSULATOR MEANS IN SAID RECESS AND HAVING A FLAT PLANAR SURFACE NORMAL TO SAID AXIS AND TERMINATING IN THE SAME PLANNE AS THE TERMINAL END OF SAID OPENED END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING; (E) A WIRE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID INSULATING MEANS AND CONNECTING SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTING MEANS TO SAID GAGE POLE; (F) SAID INSULATING MEANS SURROUNDING SAID GAGE POLE AND HAVING THE SURFACE OF SAID INSULATING MEANS TERMINATING IN SAID PLANE OF SAID GAGE POLE AND SAID OPENED END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING; (2) SAID NEGATIVE GAGE PORTION COMPRISING: (A) A CYLINDRICAL GAGE MOUNTING PLATE HAVING A LARGER PORTION AND A NARROW THREADED END PORTION, THE CIRCUMFERNECE OF SAID LARGER PORTION BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING OF SAID POSITIVE GAGE PORTION; AND HAVING (B) A BORE EXTENDING AXIALLY THROUGH SAID GAGE MOUNTING PLATE; (C) A GAGE GASKET MOUNTED COAXIALLY ADJACENT TO SAID LARGER PORTION OF SAID GAGE MOUNTING PLATE; (D) A GAGE SPRING MOUNTED COAXIALLY ADJACENT TO SAID GAGE GASKET, SAID GAGE SPRING HAVING A CIRCULAR CONFIGURATION COINCIDENT WITH SAID CIRCULAR CONFIGURATION OF SAID GAGE HEAD AND INCLUDING A SLOT OF HORSESHOE CONFIGURATION MEDIALLY BETWEEN SAID AXIS AND SAID CIRCUMFERENCE AND DEFINING A CENTRAL LEAF PORTION WHEREBY SAID CENTRAL LEAF PORTION OF SAID GAGE SPRING IS ADAPTED TO PIVOT; (E) A GAGE POLE FORMING A MOVABLE CAPACITANCE PLATE CONNECTED TO SAID CENTRAL LEAF PORTION AND ADAPTED FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THEREWITH, THE SURFACE FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT HAVING A FLAT PLANAR SURFACE NORMAL TO SAID AXIS AND IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO SAID FIXED CAPACITANCE GAGE POLE;