Coordinated inspection device

Claim 1

IN A COORDINATE INSPECTION DEVICE, A TABLE BED, REFERENCE STRIPS SECURED TO EDGES OF THE BED IN RIGHT ANGLE RELATION, MEANS TO SECURE WORK TO THE BED AGAINST THE REFERENCE STRIPS, GUIDE MEANS EXTENDING ALONG THE EDGES OF THE BED REMOTE FROM THE REFERENCE STRIPS IN GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATION TO THE REFERENCE STRIPS, A TABLE CARRIAGE RIDING ONE OF SAID GUIDE MEANS AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE BED TO THE REFERENCE STRIP AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE, A FIRST SCALE SLIDABLE ACROSS THE TABLE EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE TABLE CARRIAGE AND ADJACENT TO THE TABLE CARRIAGE FROM THE GUIDE MEANS LAST MENTIONED TO THE REFERENCE STRIP AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE, MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE FIRST SCALE PERPENDICULAR TO THE REFERENCE STRIP AT ONE END THEREOF AS IT MOVES LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID REFERENCE STRIP, A SECOND SCALE EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO THE FIRST SCALE AND SLIDABLE ACROSS THE TABLE GUIDED AT ONE END ON THE OTHER GUIDE MEANS AND EXTENDING ACROSS TO THE OTHER REFERENCE STRIP FOR MAINTAINING SAID SECOND SCALE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID OTHER REFERENCE STRIP, A READING DEVICE SLIDABLE ON SAID TABLE CARRIAGE AND READING BOTH SAID FIRST SCALE AND SAID SECOND SCALE IN ANY POSITION OF THE SCALES ON THE TABLE, THE READING DEVICE SLIDING TOGETHER WITH SAID SCALES AND MEANS FOR CORRELATING SAID READING DEVICE WITH PARTICULAR COORDINATES ON THE WORK.