Paragraph Number

11

In one aspect, the gap gauge further includes a handle connected to the inferior body, a separation indicator coupled to the separator and configured to indicate the displacement, a lock-out mechanism connected to the superior body and configured to prevent rotation of the superior plate, or a part of the superior plate, connected to the balance indicator, and a spring coupled to the shaft that biases one of the superior body and the inferior body in opposition to movement of the superior plate away from the inferior plate. The separator may include a driver, a cam connected to the inferior body by way of the driver, the cam includes a contacting surface, and a follower connected to the superior body and biased and configured to contact the contacting surface of the cam such that rotation of the cam adjusts the displacement. In one embodiment, the follower slidably contacts the contacting surface. The cam may include a radial cam having a central axis and the contacting surface be a circumference of the radial cam about the central axis.

Added by DJM 2 2021