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US 2018/0023945 A1Published application
Height gauge
AssigneeTesa SE
InventorsSerge MARILLER, Sebastien GRANGES
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Abstract
A height gauge, comprising: a sliding support moving along a vertical guide and carrying a contact feeler, and a multi-chromatic light-emitting device mounted on the sliding support. A programmable controller drives the light-emitting device based on the position of the feeler.
Claims13
A height gauge, comprising:
- a base for resting on a horizontal surface;
- a vertical guide rigidly attached to the base;
- a moveable member slideably mounted on the vertical guide;
- a feeler mounted on the moveable member for detecting a contact with a workpiece on the horizontal surface;
- and
- a position encoder feeding the electronic control unit with a signal representing a position of the feeler on the vertical guide;
- characterized by
- a multi-chromatic light-emitting device mounted on the moveable member and controlled by the electronic control unit;
- the electronic control unit being arranged to detect an extremal position in a motion of the feeler relative to the vertical guide and to drive the light-emitting device based on the position of the feeler.
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