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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GB;
Inventors:
Timothy C Featherstone, Edinburgh, GB;
Matthew H Freeman, Cambridge, GB;
Nadim Borini, West Drayton, GB;
Assignee:
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/008 (2006.01); G01B 21/04 (2006.01); G01B 5/012 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 21/047 (2013.01); G01B 5/012 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided of controlling a coordinate positioning machine to separate a retaining module from a releasably coupled task module, the retaining module being provided on a movable part of the machine, and the method including: moving the retaining module to place the task module into engagement with a storage port for holding the task module; and moving and simultaneously rotating the retaining module to separate the retaining module from the task module with a tilting action of the retaining module.