Automatic range selector

Patent · 03 January 1977

OSTI ID:862739

McNeilly, Clyde E ^[1]

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1. Diamond Bar, CA

A device is provided for automatically selecting from a plurality of ranges of a scale of values to which a meter may be made responsive, that range which encompasses the value of an unknown parameter. A meter relay indicates whether the unknown is of greater or lesser value than the range to which the meter is then responsive. The rotatable part of a stepping relay is rotated in one direction or the other in response to the indication from the meter relay. Various positions of the rotatable part are associated with particular scales. Switching means are sensitive to the position of the rotatable part to couple the associated range to the meter.

• Research Organization: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4001683
• OSTI ID: 862739
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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