Patent ID: 6105265
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: F28F,G01C,G10K

Abstract:
A tilt-compensating indicator device for a compass possessing a magnetic field detection means which is accommodated in a housing of said compass, said detection means being mounted via a conical pivot bearing on a tip of a shaft which is arranged substantially-perpendicular to a bottom of said housing, said detection means also being capable of rotating in at least a plane which is perpendicular to the direction of said shaft, and said indicator device possessing a non-rigid connection in respect to the movement of said magnetic field detection means in said plane, wherein said non-rigid connection between said indicator device and said magnetic field detection means is accomplished by means of bearing elements, and wherein one said bearing element which is arranged in said magnetic field detection means and which cooperates with said bearing element which is arranged in said indicator device, is oriented at right angles to the North-South magnetization of said magnetic field detection means.