Probe for three-dimensional measurements
US7281433B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 11, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 25, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01B21/045
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Touch probe including a fixed part (250), designed to be fastened onto a measuring machine or a machine tool, and a contact feeler (30) that is mobile and orientable on two independent axes (211, 212) along a multiplicity of directions indexed in space. An actuator (300) comprising antifriction rollers and a ball bearing allows the rotation axes (211) to be unlocked and any orientation to be selected with minimized friction. In locked position, the actuator (300) withdraws under the action of return springs (336) so as not to influence the indexing accuracy.
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