Patent ID: 6536371
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: B23Q

Abstract:
A rotary direction indicator for use with a rotating element visible to a user which, when rotated causes an associated member to move linearly, the rotary direction indicator, comprising:a body having a generally flat surface extending normal to a central axis; the body having formed therein a pair of three-dimensional indicating arrows, one, corresponding to a clockwise direction of rotation and the other corresponding to a counterclockwise direction of rotation of the body about the central axis, the three-dimensional arrows being spaced from and curving about the central axis each having a pointed arrowhead indicating a direction of rotation, one of the arrows rising out of the surface of the body and the other of the arrows plunging into the surface of the body, thereby providing the user with a visual indication of the correspondence between the direction of rotation of a rotating element and the linear movement of an associated member.