Patent ID: 6802128
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: B44B,Y10T

Abstract:
An engraving dial comprising:a bottom holder plate, said bottom holder plate comprising an upper part, a lower part, the lower part of said bottom holder plate having an outer diameter greater than the upper part of said bottom holder plate, a center through hole through the lower part and upper part of said bottom holder plate, and a plurality of screw holes extended through the lower part of said bottom holder plate and equiangularly spaced around the center through hole of said bottom holder plate; a lower dial plate, said lower dial plate comprising a center through hole adapted to accommodate the lower part of said bottom holder plate, a plurality of peripheral notches equiangularly spaced around the periphery thereof, two sets of signs respectively engraved on top and bottom sides thereof at imaginary radial lines between the center through hole of said lower dial plate and said peripheral notches, a plurality of recessed round holes symmetrically formed at the top and bottom sides and equiangularly spaced around the center through hole of said lower dial plate at an imaginary circle concentric to the center through hole of said lower dial plate; an upper dial plate, said upper dial plate comprising a center through hole, a peripheral opening, two sets of signs respectively engraved on top and bottom sides thereof corresponding to the signs at said lower dial plate; a top holder plate, said top holder plate comprising an upper part, a lower part fitted into the center through hole of said upper dial plate, the lower part of said top holder plate having a diameter smaller than the upper part of said top holder plate, a center through hole adapted to accommodate the upper part of said bottom holder plate, and a plurality of countersunk holes respectively fastened to the screw holes of said bottom holder plate by screws; and at least one locator, said at least one locator each comprising a retaining member respectively fastened to and vertically extended through said top holder plate, said retaining member having a bottom mounting hole, a compression spring mounted in the bottom mounting hole of said retaining member, and a steel ball supported on said compression spring at a bottom side and forced by said compression spring to selectively engage the recessed round holes of said lower dial plate.