Patent ID: 6164138
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G01L

Abstract:
In a pressure gauge for monitoring values of fluid pressure comprising:a casing having an internal cavity for enclosing the operating components of the gauge and defining an exterior inlet at which fluid pressure to be monitored can be communicated through an outlet of said cavity;a pressure sensor operably displaceable in response to changes in pressure being received;a pointer indicator arcuately displaceable in response to displacement by said pressure sensor;a stationary dial plate including an aperture through which to receive a shaft for supporting said pointer indicator and localized radial recesses about said aperture at predetermined spaced locations on the back surface thereof; anda stationary support plate onto which said dial plate is permanently mounted and secured and including radial projections at locations coinciding with the predetermined spaced recess locations of said dial plate to receive the back surface of said dial plate in a secured intermitting support thereon.