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OIL CONDITION INDICATOR

  • US 3,829,217 A
  • Filed: 04/09/1973
  • Issued: 08/13/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Throw-away means for indicating the condition of engine lubricating oil, comprising:

  • a base member formed of low cost substantially nonfrangible sheet material;

    a light-transmitting substantially nonfrangible synthetic plastic flat cover member overlying said base member, said base member defining a well opening toward the cover member and having a progressively increasing depth for holding a corresponding progressively increasing-in-depth sample of the lurbicating oil therein, said well further opening flush to one edge of said cover member at a maximum depth portion thereof and terminating short of the opposite edge of said base member, said one edge of the cover member being congruent with the corresponding edge of said base member laterally of said well; and

    indicium means associated with said base meMber viewable through said cover member and oil sample to an extent controlled by the opacity of the lubricating oil sample thereat thereby to indicate the condition of the oil as a function of said opacity, said base member having a substantial extent between said well and said opposite edge thereof and being adapted to carry wording thereon for providing information to the user.

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