Motorized coordinate measuring device
First Claim
1. A coordinate measuring device which comprises:
- a stationary base;
a housing rotatively supported on said base about a first axis;
a pillar mounted on said housing and extending along said first axis;
a carriage translatable along, and supported by said pillar;
a cross-arm slidingly engaged upon said carriage, translatable about a second axis and having opposite first and second extremities;
an electro-mechanical assembly in said housing, said assembly including a plurality of driving means and means for linking said driving means to said translatable carriage and sliding cross-arm; and
at least one probe mounted at said first extremity.
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Abstract
A coordinate measuring device comprises a housing rotatively supported on a base and mounting a vertical pillar along which rides a carriage engaged by a horizontally translating arm. A turret at each end of the arm houses a rotating body connected to a probe. The rotation of the base, the vertical movement of the carriage, the horizontal movement of the arm and the rotation of the probes are driven by motors in the housing. The rotation of the motors are transmitted by a cable and pulley assembly to the arm and carriage. The cable controlling the transversal movement of the arm as its opposite ends attach to the opposite extremity of the arm, and is ran respectively up and down the portion of the pillar above and below the carriage in order to maintain constant lengths and tension of the cables as the carriage moves up and down the pillar. The rotation of the probes and that of the base are coordinated to keep the probes at a constant angle in relation to the measured surface.
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23 Claims
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1. A coordinate measuring device which comprises:
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a stationary base; a housing rotatively supported on said base about a first axis; a pillar mounted on said housing and extending along said first axis; a carriage translatable along, and supported by said pillar; a cross-arm slidingly engaged upon said carriage, translatable about a second axis and having opposite first and second extremities; an electro-mechanical assembly in said housing, said assembly including a plurality of driving means and means for linking said driving means to said translatable carriage and sliding cross-arm; and at least one probe mounted at said first extremity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A coordinate measuring device which comprises:
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a stationary base; a housing rotatively supported on said base about a first axis; a pillar mounted on said housing and extending along said first axis; a carriage translatable along, and supported by said pillar; a cross-arm slidingly engaged upon said carriage, translatable about a second axis and having opposite first and second extremities; an electro-mechanical assembly in said housing, said assembly including a plurality of drives and linkages linking said drives to said translatable carriage and sliding cross-arm; and at least one probe mounted at said first extremity.
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