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MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE

  • US 20110173823A1
  • Filed: 01/14/2011
  • Published: 07/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM) for measuring coordinates of an object in space, comprising:

  • a manually positionable articulated arm portion having an opposed first end and second end, the arm portion including a plurality of connected arm segments, each arm segment including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal;

    a measurement device attached to the first end;

    an electronic circuit which receives the position signal from the at least one position transducer and provides data corresponding to a position of the measurement device;

    a base rotatably coupled to the second end, the base having a flange on one side;

    a mounting device including;

    a body having a first opening therethrough with a lip disposed on one side, the lip being sized to engage the flange, a portion of the first opening having a thread; and

    a first arm rotationally coupled to the body and arranged to rotate in a first direction between a first position and a second position.

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