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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Michele Verdi, Rivoli, IT;
Alberto Tarizzo, Turin, IT;
Inventors:
Michele Verdi, Rivoli, IT;
Alberto Tarizzo, Turin, IT;
Assignee:
Hexagon Metrology S.p.A., Moncalieri, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/008 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A co-ordinate measuring machine comprising a bed provided with a horizontal measuring surface, a unit that is mobile along guides carried by the bed itself, an annular structure extending along a perimetral area of the bed and constrained thereto by statically determinate means of constraint, and a plurality of displacement sensors set between the annular structure and one between the bed and the mobile unit for detecting relative displacements with respect to an initial reference condition.