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Apparatus for geometrical testing of spherical bodies, in particular steel balls
Assignee: VERTIKUM MAGAS- ES MELYEPITMENYJAVITO KISSZOVETKEZET
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Filing: 1988-06-30
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Granted: 1990-10-02
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Expires: 2008-06-30
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for the testing of spheres for geometric exactness, which comprises a light source, a projectable image within or outside of said light source, optical means for simultaneously directing light in two different directions wherein one of said directions is onto a sphere to be tested and the other of said directions in onto an imaging means, and means for directing light onto said imaging means either as reflected from the sphere to be tested, or both from the sphere and from the light source without the optical interposition of the sphere.
Inventors
- 👤 Tivadar Foldi
- 👤 Istvan Bernat
- 👤 Laszlo Vogronics
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01B; G01B11/00; G01B11/24; G01B11/2408
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
93 words
An apparatus for the testing of spheres for geometric exactness, which comprises a light source, a projectable image within or outside of said light source, optical means for simultaneously directing light in two different directions wherein one of said directions is onto a sphere to be tested and the other of said directions is onto an imaging means, and means for directing light onto said imaging means either as reflected from the sphere to be tested, or both from the sphere and from the light source without the optical interposition of the sphere.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
93 words
An apparatus for the testing of spheres for geometric exactness, which comprises a light source, a projectable image within or outside of said light source, optical means for simultaneously directing light in two different directions wherein one of said directions is onto a sphere to be tested and the other of said directions is onto an imaging means, and means for directing light onto said imaging means either as reflected from the sphere to be tested, or both from the sphere and from the light source without the optical interposition of the sphere.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said optical means is a semitransparent mirror.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
74 words
The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said projectable image is a grid having rectangular opening and being disposed in front of said light source, said semitransparent mirror being adapted to direct light bearing the image of said grid onto the surface of the sphere to be tested, means adapted to focus said image onto said surface, said semitransparent mirror being further adapted to direct the image reflected from said sphere to said imaging means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
82 words
The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said light source is a laser, said semitransparent mirror is adapted to direct a first part of the light output of said laser in a first direction indirectly onto the surface of a sphere to be tested and to direct the second part of said light output in a second direction to said imaging means, the sphere to be tested being adapted to reflect to the imaging means the light arriving indirectly from said first direction.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a base for supporting a sphere to be tested, said base including at least three supporting spheres.
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