Clamp meter with dual display
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1. A clamp meter for measuring electrical parameters in a conductor, comprising:
- a) a housing having at least first, second and third faces;
b) a pair of rigid jaws extending from the first face of the housing, the jaws defining a jaw plane, at least one of the jaws being pivotally movable in the jaw plane;
c) a first display disposed on the second face of the housing in a plane approximately parallel to the jaw plane; and
d) a second display disposed on the third face of the housing in a plane approximately perpendicular to the jaw plane.
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Abstract
A clamp type digital multimeter has one or more digital displays mounted so as to permit at least one of the displays to be read even when attachment of the clamp jaws about a conductor forces the display into an orientation that renders it inaccessible. The meter either has a single display that can be pivoted to an orientation convenient for viewing, or it has dual displays mounted on separate surfaces of the meter'"'"'s housing. A protective flap may cover one or both of the displays when it is not needed for viewing.
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1. A clamp meter for measuring electrical parameters in a conductor, comprising:
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a) a housing having at least first, second and third faces; b) a pair of rigid jaws extending from the first face of the housing, the jaws defining a jaw plane, at least one of the jaws being pivotally movable in the jaw plane; c) a first display disposed on the second face of the housing in a plane approximately parallel to the jaw plane; and d) a second display disposed on the third face of the housing in a plane approximately perpendicular to the jaw plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A clamp meter for measuring electrical parameters, comprising:
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a) a housing; b) a pair of rigid clamp jaws extending from the housing, the clamp jaws defining a clamp plane with at least one clamp jaw being pivotally movable in the clamp plane; c) a first display mounted in the housing; d) a second display disposed in the housing in a plane generally perpendicular to the clamp plane. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A clamp type meter for measuring at least one electrical parameter, said meter comprising:
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a) a housing including at least first and second faces which are generally perpendicular to one another; b) a first rigid clamp jaw extending out from the housing; c) a second rigid clamp jaw extending out from the housing, the first and second clamp jaws defining a clamp plane, the first rigid clamp jaw being pivotally movable only in the jaw plane; d) a first display disposed on the first face of the housing; and e) a second display disposed on the second face of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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