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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-Under-Edge, GB;
David Roberts McMurtry, Stancombe, GB;
Stephen Mark Angood, Dursley, GB;
Colin Ray Bulled, Crediton, GB;
David James Fook, Exeter, GB;
Marcus James Eales, Stroud, GB;
Christopher Kemp, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Abstract
A non-Cartesian coordinate positioning machine is provided that comprises an extendable leg assembly for positioning a component such as a measurement probe within a working volume of the machine, and a constraint member associated with the extendable leg assembly for providing a predetermined part of the extendable leg assembly with substantially a same orientation relative to gravity for a same position of the component within the working volume. In a preferred embodiment, the orientation relative to gravity is maintained substantially constant, so that a plane defined by the predetermined part is substantially aligned with gravity, as the component is moved around the working volume.