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US 5,131,166 AGranted
Vertical/horizontal measuring apparatus and procedure for its use
OwnerHans R. Weberinventor
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A measuring apparatus is proposed which offers significantly more measuring possibilities compared with conventional apparatus. In particular, in addition to measurements in the Z axis it allows measurements in the horizontal plane, the measurement of inclined prismatic bodies, the determination of angles of inclination and the definition of bores and cylinders through three or more points. The combined action of two measuring systems (MS1, MS2) allows the mass to be moved during measurement as well as the necessary contact pressure of the measuring probe (10) to be significantly reduced, thus rendering the measuring apparatus suitable for automatic measuring cycles. A carriage (6) is positioned so as to be movable advantageously by means of a magnet bearing on a column (3) advantageously made of ceramic material and the displacement measured by a measuring system (MS1). The displacement of the measuring probe (10) in relation to the carriage (6) is measured by at least a second measuring system (MS2). The signals of both as well as any further measuring systems are fed into a computer (26) which evaluates them according to pre-determined criteria individually or dependent on one another. The measuring apparatus and/or the computer (26) can be connected via a standard interface with a freely programmable computer (28) or periphery equipment.
Vertical/horizontal measuring apparatus, comprising at least one column (3) with carriage (6) which can be moved along it in a linear manner, whereby the column (3) is provided with a material measure and the carriage (6) contains a first measuring system (MS1) for measuring values with which the position of the carriage (6) on the column (3) can be determined and whereby the carriage (6) is operatively connected with a second measuring system (MS2) for measuring values attached to it, containing a measuring probe (10) whose position in relation to the carriage (6) can be determined by means of the second measuring system (MS2), characterized in that the column 3 is made of ceramic material and the direction of measurement of the second measuring system (MS2) can be fixed at least in the direction of measurement of the first measuring system (MS1) and that a computer (26) combines the measured values from both measuring systems (MS1, MS2), taking into account the direction of measurement, by means of pre-determined mathematical operations in order to calculate the distance of the measuring probe (10) from a reference plane (1).
Vertical/horizontal measuring apparatus, comprising at least one column (3) with carriage (6) which can be moved along it in a linear manner, whereby the column (3) is provided with a material measure and the carriage (6) contains a first measuring system (MS1) for measuring values with which the position of the carriage (6) on the column (3) can be determined and whereby the carriage (6) is operatively connected with a second measuring system for measuring values attached to it, containing a measuring probe (10) whose position in relation to the carriage (6) can be determined by means of the second measuring system, characterized in that the second measuring system comprises two of three measuring systems (MS7, MS8, MS9) and the measuring probe (10) is movable in two or three degrees of freedom and is connected with a linear measuring head (67) attached to the carriage (6) and provided with two or three linear measuring systems (MS7, MS8, MS9) arranged at right angles to one another and (FIG. 12) that a computer (26) combines the measured values from the measuring systems (MS1, MS7, MS8, MS9), taking into account the directions of measurements, by means of pre-determined mathematical operations in order to calculate the distances of the measuring probe (10) from a reference plane (1).
Vertical/horizontal measuring apparatus, comprising at least one column (3) with carriage (6) which can be moved along it in a linear manner, whereby the column (3) is provided with a material measure and the carriage (6) contains a first measuring system (MS1) for measuring values with which the position of the carriage (6) on the column (3) can be determined and whereby the carriage (6) is operatively connected with a second measuring system (MS2) for measuring values attached to it, containing a measuring probe (10) whose position in relation to the carriage (6) can be determined by means of the second measuring system (MS2), characterized in that the measuring probe (10) is connected via a shank (9) with a rotary encoder (7) which contains the rotative second measuring system (MS2) and is operatively connected with the carriage (6) and in that the direction of measurement of the second measuring system (MS2) can be fixed at least in the direction of measurement of the first measuring system (MS1) and that a computer (26) combines the measured values from both measuring systems (MS1, MS2), taking into account the direction of measurement, by means of pre-determined mathematical operations in order to calculate the distance of the measuring probe (10) from a reference plane (1).
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