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Probe signalling

US6776344B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims
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Filing dateOct 22, 2001
Grant dateAug 17, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/50137
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A measurement probe 1 for a machine tool has a housing 4/5 incorporating a window 6 which allows the optical transmission or receipt of signals from/to infrared transmitters 12 or receivers 13. To obviate the need to mount the transmitter and receiver components on an external surface of the housing, they are surface mounted to a circuit board 8′.

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