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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2008
Applicant:
Raffaele Tomelleri, Villafranca, IT;
Inventor:
Raffaele Tomelleri, Villafranca, IT;
Assignee:
3D Scanners Ltd., Derby, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/012 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A probe for gauging machines with articulated arms comprises a fixed gauging stylus (), supporting, at its end, a gauging ball, characterized in that it also comprises a handle body () which can be manually operated by an operator to push the gauging ball against a surface to be gauged (), and in that the handle body () is equipped with sensors sensitive to the force acting between the gauging ball and the surface to be gauged and in that the signal supplied by the sensors controls measurement acquisition.