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US 5,966,214 AGranted
Gauge for measuring glass thickness and glass pane spacing
AssigneeElectronic Design To Market, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Imbrock, Jeffrey A. Simpson
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AssigneeElectronic Design To Market, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Imbrock, Jeffrey A. Simpson
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A laser gauge for measuring the thickness of glass panes and the spacing between glass panes in a sealed insulated window. A laser beam is directed at a predetermined angle to a first glass surface. Reflections from the glass surfaces pass through a gauge housing, through a slot in an adjustable slide, and impinge on a matted finished surface of thin scale. The housing and the slide are formed from materials having a predetermined coefficient of friction relative to each other to provide smooth movement to said slide in said housing. The scale is sufficiently thin to avoid false readings from internal reflections within the scale. The scale is adjustable on the slide to align the first reflection with a reference indicia. For each glass pane and for each pane spacing, the slide is adjusted so that a first surface reflection aligns with the reference indicia and a second surface reflection is compared with indicia on the scale to determine the thickness of the glass pane or the glass pane spacing. A separate set of indicia may be provided on the scale for measuring the spacing between glass panes.
A gauge for measuring glass pane thickness and glass pane spacings comprising a housing having a surface adapted to abut a surface of a glass pane, a laser light source mounted in said housing to emit a laser beam from said housing surface at a predetermined angle to said housing surface whereby the laser beam is reflected from surfaces of any glass pane parallel to said housing surface, said laser beam and any laser beam reflections from glass surfaces parallel to said housing surface lying in a first plane, a slide mounted in said housing for movement in a longitudinal direction along a line formed by the intersection of a plane parallel to said housing surface and said first plane, an elongated opening through said housing and through said slide is located for passing reflections of said laser beam in said first plane, and a thin scale having measurement indicia marked thereon mounted on said slide over said slide opening for impingement by laser beam reflections in said first plane, said scale being sufficiently thin to prevent false measurements from internal reflections in said scale and being sufficiently translucent for diffusing impinging laser beam reflections whereby points of impingement by laser beam reflections are clearly indicated.
A gauge for measuring glass pane thickness and glass pane spacings comprising a housing having a surface adapted to abut a surface of a glass pane, a laser light source mounted in said housing to emit a laser beam from said housing surface at a predetermined angle to said housing surface whereby the laser beam is reflected from surfaces of any glass pane parallel to said housing surface, said laser beam and any laser beam reflections from glass surfaces parallel to said housing surface lying in a first plane, an elongated opening through said housing located for passing reflections of said laser beam in said first plane, and a thin scale having measurement indicia marked thereon mounted for impingement by laser beam reflections passing through said elongated housing opening, said scale being sufficiently thin to prevent false measurements from internal reflections in said scale and being sufficiently translucent for diffusing impinging laser beam reflections whereby points of impingement by laser beam reflections are clearly indicated.
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