Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
Apparatus for measuring distance comprising: a. shaft means having a first and second end, said shaft means consisting of material having a low thermal coefficient of expansion; b. a contactor means mounted in said first end of said shaft means; c. an optical scale; d. scale receiving means attached to the second end of said shaft means in a manner so that axis of the scale receiving means will lie in a plane parallel to the axis of said shaft means, said scale receiving means including a slot means extending longitudinally along a portion of the scale receiving means and having a length equal to or longer than said scale, and slidably and freely receiving said optical scale in said slot means; and e. means for dimentionally positioning said optical scale with said contactor means mounted in the first end of said shaft means whereby expansion of said scale receiving means will not affect the position or cause expansion of said optical scale means in its dimensional relationship to the contactor means mounted in the first end of said shaft means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
181 words
Apparatus for measuring distance comprising: a. shaft means having a first and second end, said shaft means consisting of material having a low thermal coefficient of expansion; b. a contactor means mounted in said first end of said shaft means; c. an optical scale; d. scale receiving means attached to the second end of said shaft means in a manner so that axis of the scale receiving means will lie in a plane parallel to the axis of said shaft means, said scale receiving means including a slot means extending longitudinally along a portion of the scale receiving means and having a length equal to or longer than said scale, and slidably and freely receiving said optical scale in said slot means; and e. means for dimentionally positioning said optical scale with said contactor means mounted in the first end of said shaft means whereby expansion of said scale receiving means will not affect the position or cause expansion of said optical scale means in its dimensional relationship to the contactor means mounted in the first end of said shaft means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
Apparatus for measuring as defined in claim 1 wherein said shaft at said first end includes an axial bore, means for mounting said contactor means comprising: a shaft portion extending into the bore in said rod; and a head on the end of said shaft portion outside said bore and having a concave depression therein for mating contact with a tooling ball.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus for measuring as defined in claim 1 wherein said scale receiving means is further characterized in having a bore in one end thereof for receiving a cylindrical portion of said shaft means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus for measuring distance as defined in claim 1 wherein said shaft means is a phenol-formaldehyde resin having asbestos fibers embedded therein.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
Apparatus for measuring distance as defined in claim 1 wherein said positioning means comprises a metal stop plate rigidly and permanently secured in said slot at the second end of said shaft means and in alignment with said slot means thereof for abutting one end of said optical scale slidingly inserted in said slot.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
Measuring apparatus as defined in claim 1 and further characterized to include: a stabilizer structure connected to said shaft means and comprising: elongated rod means; a stabilizer clamp secured to said rod means intermediate its length, and pivotally connected to said shaft means; and a retaining element secured to one end of said rod means for retaining said stabilizer structure against the side of a physical structure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
62 words
Measuring apparatus as defined in claim 6 wherein said stabilizer clamp comprises: an upper block receiving said shaft means therethrough and including a pressure plate engageable with said shaft means; and a lower block pivotally connected to said upper block and receiving said rod means therethrough, said lower block having a pressure plate movably mounted therein and engageable with said rod means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
79 words
Measuring apparatus as defined in claim 6 wherein said elongated rod means comprises a plurality of rod sections connected to end-to-end relation and having one of said rod sections connected at one end to said retaining element, said rod sections each having a threaded bore in one end, and a threaded projection at its end opposite the end in which the threaded bore is located, and threadedly engaging the threaded bore in the end of an adjacent rod section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
Apparatus for measuring as defined in claim 1 and further characterized to include: a vertical standard structure; and means connecting said shaft means to said vertical standard structure for pivotation of said shaft means about a substantially vertical axis.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
78 words
Apparatus for measuring as defined in claim 9 whereiN said vertical standard structure comprises: a base plate; a threaded bolt extending upwardly from said base plate; and a plurality of rod sections connected in end-to-end relation and having one of said rod sections connected at one end to said threaded bolt, said rod sections each having a threaded bore in one end, and a threaded projection at its end opposite the end in which said bore is located.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
52 words
Apparatus for measuring as defined in claim 9 wherein said connecting means comprises: a supporting clamp secured to said vertical standard structure in a fixed location therealong; and a swivel clamp resting upon said supporting clamp, clamped upon said shaft means and rotatable upon said vertical standard structure about a vertical axis.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
175 words
Apparatus for measuring as defined in claim 10 wherein said swivel clamp comprises: a central block having a semicylindrical recess in one side thereof and a planar face on the opposite side thereof, said block having a bore extending through the central portion thereof between said one side and said opposite side; a pair of end plates spaced from the opposite sides of said central block which have said planar face and said semicylindrical recess therein; a pair of substantially parallel side plates having said end plates and central block secured therebetween, and having circular apertures therein aligned with the bore through said central block; a first pressure plate positioned between one of said end plates and the recessed side of said central block; a second pressure plate positioned between the other of said end plates and the planar side of said central block; and screw clamps connected to said pressure plates and threadedly extended through said end plates whereby when said screw clamps are rotated, said pressure plates are advanced toward said central block.