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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. 01, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J Harms, Dow, IL (US);
Assignee:
Centerline Engineering, Inc., Jerseyville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
451-5 ; 451-9 ; 451142 ; 451407 ; 36447437 ; 36455102 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for non-contact gauging in precision machining, which comprises a sensor arm, a sensor head, a display device, a data entry device, a rotary encoder, and positioning device. The sensor head has a coarse contact sensor and a fine non-contact sensor for initial positioning and precision control, respectively.