Patent ID: 6082170
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: G01L

Abstract:
A method for calibrating a measuring device, said measuring device including displacement means disposed on one side of a housing interior, a dial indicator face disposed on an opposite side of said housing interior, and a movement mechanism disposed therebetween, said movement mechanism comprising an axially movable shaft member supported in said housing interior, said shaft member having a first end disposed adjacent said displacement means and a second end including a pointer adjacent said dial indicating face, a spring member attached at one end to said shaft member and at an opposite end to a support, said method including the steps of:presetting the axial distance between said spring ends as attached to said axially movable shaft and said support to a predetermined axial length so as to affect the amount of rotation of said pointer for a given movement of said displacement means; androtating said shaft and said support to align said pointer to a null position relative to said dial indicator face.