# US 10,119,848 B2 · Inspection machine and attachment jig therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,119,848 B2 - Document ID: US10119848B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/298,639 - Filed: 2016-10-20 - Published: 2017-04-27 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-23 - Assignees: Mitutoyo Corporation - Applicants: Mitutoyo Corporation - Inventors: Yuki Kurahashi; Masaoki Yamagata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119848B2 ## CPC - G01D 18/00: Testing or calibrating apparatus or arrangements provided for in groups G01D1/00 - G01D15/00 - G01B 1/00: Measuring instruments characterised by the selection of material therefor - G01B 3/22: Feeler-pin gauges, e.g. dial gauges (for measuring contours or curvatures G01B5/20) - G01B 5/0004: {Supports (G01B5/025 takes precedence)} - G01D 11/30: Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments - G01D 13/02: Scales; Dials - G01D 13/22: Pointers, e.g. settable pointer - G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01B: MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS ## Abstract A jig includes three columnar members, a stylus head receiving member, and a jig fixation portion. The second columnar member extends in a Z direction. The first columnar member extends in an X direction and is configured as a cantilever beam protruding in the X direction by having a first end of the first columnar member joined to a first end of the second columnar member. The third columnar member extends in the X direction and is configured as a cantilever beam protruding in the same direction as the first columnar member by having a first end of the third columnar member joined to a second end of the second columnar member. The stylus head receiving member is joined to the third columnar member such that a surface where a stylus head at a forefront end of a spindle of a gauge makes contact faces the first columnar member. The jig fixation portion is provided to the first columnar member so as to be attachable to a measurement spindle of the gauge inspection machine. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An inverse posture inspection jig for arranging a gauge on a gauge inspection machine in an inverse posture so as to enable accuracy of the gauge in the inverse posture to be inspected using the gauge inspection machine based on a display value of the gauge when a measurement spindle, provided to the gauge inspection machine so as to be freely raised and lowered, is displaced to a predetermined position, the jig comprising: a first column extending in a first direction; a second column extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the second column configured as a cantilever beam protruding in the second direction by a first end of the second column being connected to a first end of the first column; a third column extending in the second direction, the third column configured as a cantilever beam protruding in the same direction as the second column by a first end of the third column being connected to a second end of the first column; a stylus head receiver connected to the third column such that a surface where a stylus head at a distal end of a spindle of the gauge makes contact faces the second column; and a jig fixator provided to the second column and configured to be attachable to the measurement spindle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The jig according to claim 1, wherein a direction in which the measurement spindle displaces on the jig is the first direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The jig according to claim 2, wherein the surface of the stylus head receiver where the stylus head makes contact is a flat surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The jig according to claim 2, wherein the surface of the stylus head receiver where the stylus head makes contact is a curved surface that curves toward the third column. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The jig according to claim 4, wherein a curvature of the curved surface is the reciprocal of a distance between the jig fixation portion and the curved surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The jig according to claim 4, wherein the surface of the stylus head receiver where the stylus head makes contact is an outer circumferential surface of a cylinder. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The jig according to claim 6, wherein a center axis of the cylinder is orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The jig according to claim 4, wherein the surface of the stylus head receiver where the stylus head makes contact is a spherical surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The jig according to claim 1, wherein: the jig further comprises a fourth column extending in the first direction, and the first to fourth columns form a single annular member in which a second end of the second column is connected to a first end of the fourth column and a second end of the third column is connected to a second end of the fourth column. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The jig according to claim 9, wherein the stylus head receiver and the jig fixation portion are arranged at center positions of the first column and the fourth column. ### Claim 11 A gauge inspection machine configured to displace a spindle of a gauge and to inspect accuracy of the gauge based on a display value of the gauge when the spindle of the gauge is displaced, the gauge inspection machine comprising: a measurement spindle configured to be freely raised and lowered, and further configured to displace the spindle of the gauge; and an inverse posture inspection jig configured to position the gauge on the gauge inspection machine in an inverse posture so as to enable inspection of the accuracy of the gauge in the inverse posture, the jig comprising: a first column extending in a first direction; a second column extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the second column configured as a cantilever beam protruding in the second direction by a first end of the second column being connected to a first end of the first column; a third column extending in the second direction, the third column configured as a cantilever beam protruding in the same direction as the second column by a first end of the third column being connected to a second end of the first column; a stylus head receiver joined to the third column such that a surface where a stylus head at a distal end of the spindle of the gauge makes contact faces the second column; and a jig fixator provided to the second column and configured to be attachable to the measurement spindle.