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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans-Dieter Jacoby, Werdorf, DT;
Erich Schuster, Huttenberg, DT;
Assignee:
Ernst Leitz GmbH, Wetzlar, DT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ; G01B / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3316 / ; 3317 / ; 3317 / ;
Abstract
A sensor for calipering workpieces having one spring parallelogram for Apr. motion in each coordinate axis wherein additional spring means vary the spring constant in at least one of the spring parallelograms. The spring means include two coil springs acting in opposition to one another having between the opposed ends intermediate spring bolts, ball stops between the heads of the bolts and a bending rod with a ball at the end thereof acting on the heads of the bolts to compress the coil springs while being held without play by the ball stops.