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Speed CalculatorAn apparatus for measuring the velocity of a vehicle traveling between first and second measured points. The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing having an open top for receiving a transparent disk. Indicia representing speed calibrations is circumferentially spaced adjacent an outer perimeter of the disk. A stopwatch is carried in the housing below said disk and has a rotatable hand which rotates at a predetermined rate under the indicia. A lamp is carried below the stopwatch for illuminating the indicia carried on the transparent disk. The stopwatch is started when the vehicle passes a first reference point and stopped when the vehicle passes the second reference point. Thus, when the hand is stopped, such points to the calibrated indicia on said disk indicating the velocity of a vehicle.
Document ID
20160001138
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Burch, John L.
Billions, James C.
Date Acquired
January 25, 2016
Publication Date
January 20, 1976
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-Patent-Appl-SN-446,563
Patent Number: US-Patent-3,933,050
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-3,933,050
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-446,563
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