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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1979
Tetsuo Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitutoyo Manufacturing Company Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A configured contour measuring apparatus comprising: a table movably provided on a bed; a driving mechanism for moving said table; first detecting mechanisms for detecting a value of movement of said table relative to the bed as a digital signal; a mount base provided on said table and made movable in a direction perpendicular to movement of said table; a detecting head secured to a column erected on said bed; a sliding shaft slidably provided on said detecting head and having a stylus at the lower end thereof in opposed relationship with said mount base; a balancer weight connected through a hanging line to said sliding shaft and made slightly lighter in weight than said sliding shaft; pulleys for supporting the intermediate portion of said hanging line; and second detecting mechanisms for detecting a value of movement of said sliding shaft as a digital signal.