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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:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gianluigi Meneghini, Albignasego, IT;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B43L / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33 2301 ; 33832 ;
Abstract
A device for measuring the distance between the tip of a tool and the surface of the material to be worked in a rapid, accurate, and repeatable manner. The device includes, inter alia, an electronic pantograph, at least one sensor, an actuator controlled by the sensor, and a control unit which takes into account two distinct calculated distances.