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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. 09, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R Henshaw, Stroud, GB;
Peter G Holden, Cirencester, GB;
Richard J Hoodless, Bristol, GB;
Thomas I Mackintosh, Bristol, GB;
David R McMurtry, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Assignee:
Renishaw PLC, Gloucestershire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45B 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A45B 3/08 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed: a measurement scale suitable for use with scale reader for determining displacement; various tracks all for holding the scale and all having a channel into which the scale is magnetically attracted; and a scale tensioner which in use tensions the scale in situ by release of a preload, prior to the scale being secured to a substrate, the tensioner being removable thereafter.