US2721391A

US2721391A - Contour gauges

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Publication number: US2721391A
Application number: US431074A
Authority: US
Inventors: Duyke Harrison M Von
Original assignee: MODERN PRODUCTS Manufacturing CORP
Current assignee: MODERN PRODUCTS Manufacturing CORP
Priority date: 1954-05-20
Filing date: 1954-05-20
Publication date: 1955-10-25
Anticipated expiration: 1972-10-25

Description

Oct. 25, 1955 H. M. VON DUYKE CONTOUR GAUGES Filed May 20, 1954 INVENTOR. ,zazg son 776. 7570 Arrow s1:

United States Patent CONTOUR GAUGES Harrison M. Von Duyke, Wilmington, Del., assignor to Modern Products Manufacturing Corporation, Wilmington, Del., a corporation of Delaware Application May 20, 1954, Serial No. 431,074

4 Claims. (Cl. 33-175) This invention relates to contour gauges, and it relates more particularly to a gauge of the type having a plurali-ty of wires or rods slidably arranged under frictional restraint in a suitable holder whereby, when the device is pressed against a molding, or any other object of any more or less irregular form, a profile of the same will be obtained for the purpose of fitting other parts or objects thereto, or for other purposes.

Heretofore, contour or profile gauges have been provided which, however, when so constructed as to be reasonably efficient, were expensive to make, and were more or less complicated in their construction and arrangement and in their manner of use.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a contour gauge of the character aforesaid, which may be inexpensively constructed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a contour gauge of the character aforesaid, which may be readily and easily manipulated for its intended purpose.

A further object of the invention is to provide a contour gauge of the character aforesaid, which will be simple in its construction yet efficient in its action.

The nature and characteristic features of the invention will be more readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of a contour gauge embodying the main features of the present invention, the same being shown applied to a portion of a baseboard and molding for the purpose of transferring the profile thereof to the other parts which are to be fitted thereto;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof, the holder portion being shown partly in section; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, enlarged, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

It should, of course, be understood that the description and drawing herein are illustrative merely, and that various modifications and changes may be made in the structure shown without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, in the particular embodiment of the invention therein shown, the device consists essentially of a plurality of relatively stifi wires or rods 5 of uniform length, which are held side by side in a common plane by a suitable holder comprising metallic bars 6 and 7 between which the wires or rods 5 are disposed.

The rods or wires 5 bear against the inner face of the holder bar 6, but between the inner face of the holder bar 7 and the rods or wires 5 there is mounted a strip 8 of felt or the like, one face of which is prefer ably secured, by a suitable adhesive 9, to the inner face of the holder bar 7 and the other face of which bears against the wires or rods 5.

At each end of the holder the ends of the bars 6 and 7 are secured to each other by means of a solidified mass 10 of material which is initially of paste like form, but which, when the device is assembled, will be of sufficient strength to secure the parts of the holder to each other. The material known as cold solder is particularly suitable for this purpose.

2,721,391 Patented Oct. 25, 1955 In the assembling of the device, the rods or wires 5 and the felt layer 8 are disposed between the holder bars 6 and 7, which are then held together by a suitable clamping jig, and while so held the cold solder is applied in its initial paste like form to the ends of the holder bars 6 and 7 in a quantity sufiicient, when the same solidifies, to constitute an effective and permanent holding means to maintain the parts in their assembled relationship.

It will be seen that by the foregoing arrangement there is provided a simple yet efficient form of contour gauge which may be inexpensively made, but which is so constructed and arranged as to permit an indication of the profile of any desired object to be instantly obtained by the mere pressing of the device against the said object.

I claim:

1. In a contour gauge comprising a plurality of rods of uniform length slidably mounted side by side in a holder, said holder comprising a pair of metallic bars between which the rods are disposed, said rods bearing against the inner face of one of said holder bars, and a strip of felt like material mounted on the inner face of the other holder bar against which strip the rods are frictionally held against undesired longitudinal movement, the means for securing the holder bars to each other at each end comprising a solidified mass of cementitious material extending across the ends of the holder bars.

2. In a contour gauge comprising a plurality of rods of uniform length slidably mounted side by side in a holder, said holder comprising a pair of metallic bars between which the rods are disposed, said rods bearing against the inner face of one of said holder bars, and a strip of felt like material mounted on the inner face of the other holder bar against which strip the rods are frictionally held against undesired longitudinal movement, the means for securing the holder bars to each other at each end comprising a solidified mass of metallic cementitious material extending across the ends of the holder bars.

3. In a contour gauge comprising a plurality of rods of uniform length slidably mounted side by side in a holder, said holder comprising a pair of metallic bars between which the rods are disposed, said rods bearing against the inner face of one of said holder bars, and a strip of felt like material mounted on the inner face of the other holder bar against which strip the rods are frictionally held against undesired longitudinal movement, the means for securing the holder bars to each other at each end comprising a solidified mass of metallic cementitious material extending across the ends of the holder bars and which when initially applied to the ends of the holder bars is of a paste like form.

4. In a contour gauge comprising a plurality of rods of uniform length slidably mounted side by side in a holder, said holder comprising a pair of metallic bars between which the rods are disposed, said rods bearing against the inner face of one of said holder bars, and a strip of felt like material mounted on the inner face of the other holder bar and against which strip the rods are frictionally held against undesired longitudinal movement, the means for securing the holder bars to each other at each end comprising a solidified mass of cold solder extending across the ends of the holder bars.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 241,241 Ruge May 10, 1881 FOREIGN PATENTS 24,128 Great Britain 1909