Movement detecting device
First Claim
1. In a movement detecting device comprising a light transmitter and a light receiver spaced therefrom, a first stationary apertured plate having an aperture therein is associated with the light transmitter and a second stationary apertured plate having an aperture therein is associated with the light receiver, said first and second stationary apertured plates being amounted in a body and an apertured movable plate interposed between the first and second stationary apertured plates, the improvement wherein the first and second stationary apertured plates are unitarily connected together so that the apertures in each said first and second apertured plate are aligned with one another prior to mounting in said body whereby light from the transmitter may be accurately received by the light receiver.
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Abstract
A movement detecting device having a light transmitter 44 and a spaced light receiver 46, with a moving plate 32 containing slit apertures therein being positioned between the transmitter and receiver for interrupting the light path between the transmitter and the receiver in dependence upon the motion of the moving plate. So as to improve the clarity of light detection, stationary apertured plates 56U, 56D are unitarily formed and are positioned on respective sides of the moving plate and adjacent a respective one of the transmitter or receiver. The stationary apertured plates 56U, 56D may be formed from a single sheet of material (FIG. 18), or from two separate sheets connectingly joined by a flanged pin (FIG. 12), or a combination thereof. The unitarily formed stationary apertured plates 56U, 56D may be directly molded into a support housing (38, 60, 62 in FIG. 8) with locating holes 64, 66 for the light transmitter 44 and light receiver 46, or may be formed in a molded sub assembly (FIG. 5) prior to moulding into a support housing (FIGS. 4 and 7).
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Citations
20 Claims
- 1. In a movement detecting device comprising a light transmitter and a light receiver spaced therefrom, a first stationary apertured plate having an aperture therein is associated with the light transmitter and a second stationary apertured plate having an aperture therein is associated with the light receiver, said first and second stationary apertured plates being amounted in a body and an apertured movable plate interposed between the first and second stationary apertured plates, the improvement wherein the first and second stationary apertured plates are unitarily connected together so that the apertures in each said first and second apertured plate are aligned with one another prior to mounting in said body whereby light from the transmitter may be accurately received by the light receiver.
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18. A movement detecting device comprising a light transmitter and a light receiver spaced therefrom, a first stationary apertured plate having an aperture therein associated with the light transmitter and a second stationary apertured plate having an aperture therein associated with the light receiver, said first and second stationary apertured plates being unitarily connected together so that the apertures in each said first and second apertured plate are aligned with one another, said first and second apertured plates forming a subassembly, a body molded over the outer surface of said first and second apertured plates, and an apertured movable plate interposed between the first and second stationary apertured plates whereby light from the light transmitter may be accurately received by the light receiver.
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19. An internal combustion engine ignition distributor having a movement detecting device comprising a light transmitter and a light receiver spaced therefrom, a first stationary apertured plate having an aperture therein associated with the light transmitter and a second stationary apertured plate having an aperture therein associated with the light receiver, said first and second stationary apertured plates being mounted in a body and an apertured movable plate interposed between the first and second stationary apertured plates, said first and second stationary apertured plates being unitarily connected together so that the apertures in each said first and second apertured plate are aligned with one another prior to mounting in said body whereby light from the transmitter may be accurately received by the light receiver.
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20. A fluid regulating flow detector having a movement detecting device comprising a light transmitter and a light receiver spaced therefrom, a first stationary apertured plate having an aperture therein associated with the light transmitter and a second stationary apertured plate having an aperture therein associated with the light receiver, said first and second stationary apertured plates being mounted in a body and an apertured movable plate interposed between the first and second stationary apertured plates, said first and second stationary apertured plates being unitarily connected together so that the apertures in each said first and second apertured plate are aligned with one another prior to mounting in said body whereby light from the transmitter may be accurately received by the light receiver.
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