Louis E Tamburro

US Patent:

51369656, Aug 11, 1992

Filed:

Dec 13, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/806256

Inventors:

Louis Tamburro - Casselberry FL

International Classification:

G09F 1100

US Classification:

116321

Abstract:

A part number slide rule apparatus for displaying a company part number by the position of a plurality of slide members relative to a body member has a body member supporting a plurality of sliding slide members therein. The body member has a plurality of elongated openings therein each having indicia thereon indicative of a gauge feature and also having a plurality of part number openings. A plurality of slide members are slidably mounted in the body member and each slide member has a pointer thereon in a predetermined position and a plurality of part number indicia portions positioned thereon, each part number indicia portion being alignable with one of the body member part number openings in the body member when the slide member pointer is positioned to point at selected indicia on the body member indicative of a feature of a gauge. Sliding each of the plurality of slide members to align their respective pointers at selected indica aligns selected components of a company's gauge part number to display the complete recommended gauge part number.