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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2002
Peter John Wells, Gloucestershire, GB;
Duncan Searle, Gloucestershire, GB;
David Roberts Mcmurtry, Gloucestershire, GB;
Peter John Wells, Gloucestershire, GB;
Duncan Searle, Gloucestershire, GB;
David Roberts McMurtry, Gloucestershire, GB;
Renishaw PLC, Gloucestershire, GB;
Abstract
A device for the axial and rotational movement of a sample is disclosed comprising a mount member for mounting the sample, which is rotatable about and movable along an axis, characterised in that the mount member has a helical screw thread which produces the movement along said axis simultaneously with the rotation. A sample may be scanned or machined whilst being axially and rotationally moved. The screw thread may be disengageable perphaps by relative movement of co-operating screw threads into and out of engagement with each other by a lever to allow movement of the mount member along the axis without rotation when desired. The screw thread on one of the members may be formed from a piece or layer of a deformable material, which deforms to form a mating screw thread upon being brought into engagement with the screw thread on the other member. Also desclosed is a method of scanning a sample.