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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2004
Reinhold Schopf, Trostberg, DE;
Reinhold Schopf, Trostberg, DE;
Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH, Traunreut, DE;
Abstract
A touch measurement system includes a touch probe for detecting touching of a workpiece by a touch probe stylus and including at least one sender for emitting an infra-red light in response to detection of the touching, and a receiving unit including a housing having a window permeable to an infra-red light and provided with an electro-conductive coating for shielding an interior of the housing from electro-magnetic interferences, and an infra-red light receiver for receiving the infra-red light emitted by the sender of the touch probe, and a unit for processing the infra-red light received by the receiver, with both the receiver and the processing unit being located in the housing interior.