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Contact-type sensor

  • US 5,712,961 A
  • Filed: 09/16/1996
  • Issued: 01/27/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A contact-type sensor for sensing an object, comprising:

  • a body;

    a contacting member which contacts the object; and

    a shaft, one end of which is connected to the body of the sensor, and another end of which supports said contacting member, said shaft being rotatable within a predetermined plane, and the shaft being more flexible in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined plane than in a direction parallel to the predetermined plane.

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