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Gauge for checking linear dimensions
Assignee: Marposs SpA
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Filing: 1980-07-22
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Granted: 1982-07-27
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Expires: 2000-07-22
Abstract
Abstract A gauge for checking linear dimensions of pieces, including a support, an arm, movable with respect to the support, which carries a feeler for contacting the piece to be checked, and a position transducer for providing a signal responsive to the position of the arm. The arm is coupled to the support through an element including a bent portion having a flat chamfer on the convex side. The chamfer defines, in the bent portion, a thin section, resiliently flexible, which acts as a fulcrum for permitting rotational movements of the arm.
Inventors
- 👤 Mario Possati
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 20:50
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01B; G01B7/00; G01B7/02; G01B7/06; G01B7/001
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A gauge for checking linear dimensions, including: a support; fulcrum means carried by the support; an arm associated with the fulcrum means and movable with respect to the support; a probe associated with the movable arm in order to transmit to the arm measurement displacements; and transducer means for providing a signal depending on the position of the movable arm; the fulcrum means including an element with a lightened section that is resiliently flexible for defining a geometrical axis of rotation, the element including a first and a second portion and a joining portion between the first and the second portion, wherein the joining portion is bent and has at its convex side a chamfer adapted to locally reduce the thickness of the joining portion, in order to define the lightened section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
A gauge for checking linear dimensions, including: a support; fulcrum means carried by the support; an arm associated with the fulcrum means and movable with respect to the support; a probe associated with the movable arm in order to transmit to the arm measurement displacements; and transducer means for providing a signal depending on the position of the movable arm; the fulcrum means including an element with a lightened section that is resiliently flexible for defining a geometrical axis of rotation, the element including a first and a second portion and a joining portion between the first and the second portion, wherein the joining portion is bent and has at its convex side a chamfer adapted to locally reduce the thickness of the joining portion, in order to define the lightened section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The gauge according to claim 1, wherein said chamfer is a plane.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The gauge according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said element has a basically L-shape.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The gauge according to claim 3, wherein said L-shaped element consists substantially of a single piece of bent sheet steel and one portion is said arm which consists substantially of a side of the L-shaped element.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The gauge according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said element has a substantially U-shape.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The gauge according to claim 5, wherein said U-shaped element consists of a single piece of sheet steel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The gauge according to claim 6, wherein said joining portion corresponds to the base of said U and has a central hole for the passage of said arm, the hole dividing said lightened section into two parts.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The gauge according to claim 6, wherein the surface of said chamfer is substantially perpendicular to the two legs of said U.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The gauge according to claim 3, wherein said chamfer has a slanted surface with respect to the sides of said L.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
The gauge according to claim 9, wherein the surface of said chamfer forms, at rest conditions, a 45 degree angle with respect to the sides of said L.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
57 words
The gauge according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said fulcrum means includes a parallelogram type arm-set, the arm-set including two elements placed side by side, each element having two parallel edges and a part joining the two edges, the joining part defining, near the associated edges, two bent sections, with chamfers at the convex sides.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The gauge according to claim 11, wherein each of said elements placed side by side consists of a single piece of bent plate.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
41 words
The gauge according to claim 1, or claim 2, wherein said element has two bent sections that have flat chamfers at related convex sides to define two lightened sections, the element being adapted to permit substantially straight-line displacements of the probe.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
54 words
The gauge according to claim 13, wherein said element has two bases that are parallel at rest conditions, one of the bases being fixed to the support and the other base supporting said probe, said lightened sections defining two geometrical axes of rotation lying in a plane that is parallel to the two bases.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
The gauge according to claim 13, wherein each of said bent sections defines two rotation fulcrums.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The gauge according to claim 13, wherein said transducer means include circuits fixed to said support.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
13 words
The gauge according to claim 13, wherein said element has a substantially S-shape.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
The gauge according to claim 17, wherein said S-shaped element consists of a single piece of bent plate.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1989-07-26 | 1990-01-25 | 1990-07-27 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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