Patent · US Expired

Sensor device for a machine for measuring conductive parts mounted on a measurement table

US4679332A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 22, 1986
Grant dateJul 14, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B7/012
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The device comprises a sensor (2) which is connected to a movable housing (1) by an elastically deformable mechanism (4). The sensor and the housing are connected to an electric circuit (5) comprising: PA0 a capacitive amplifier producing a measurement pulse constituting a datum for a computer and an order for the stopping of the displacement of the sensor when the latter comes into contact with a part to be measured which is mounted in insulated fashion on a measurement table, PA0 a short-circuiting device (17-18) producing a safety pulse which constitute an order for the stopping of this displacement in the event of deformation of the mechanism (4) as a result of the non-issuance of the measurement pulse. A measurement is thus taken with full safety without deformation of the linking mechanism and without the part to be measured having to be connected to the electric circuit.

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