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Device for measuring the distance between the tool tip and the surface of material to be worked with an electronic pantograph

US5553388A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 11, 1995
Grant dateSep 10, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 11, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B5/14
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for measuring the distance between the tip of a tool and the surface of the material to be worked in a rapid, accurate, and repeatable manner. The device includes, inter alia, an electronic pantograph, at least one sensor, an actuator controlled by the sensor, and a control unit which takes into account two distinct calculated distances.

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