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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7568373 | Method of error compensation in a coordinate measuring machine A method of calibrating an articulating probe head comprising the steps of measuring an artefact of known dimensions with the workpiece sensing probe mounted on the articulating probe head, in which the articulating probe head is unlocked. An error functional map is... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7463996 | Method and apparatus for scanning Disclosed is a scanner for the scanning of articles including a scanning apparatus (10) having a scanning device (18) and a rotatable sample mount (14,420) whereby, the scanning device and mount are relatively displaceable along the rotary axis ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7456538 | Reaction balanced rotary drive mechanism A rotary drive mechanism is disclosed comprising a housing (10), a first motor (12) having a first rotor (38) and a first stator (32) connected to the housing and a second motor (50) having a second rotor (52) and a second s... | 11/25/2008 |
| RE40578 | Apparatus for changing operating modules on a coordinate positioning machine A storage port (20) for separating a magnetically coupled task module (18) from a modular probe (16) mounted on a machine comprises a housing (22) and arm (24) receivable by the task module (18). A mechanism is provided for ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7441707 | Probe signalling A measurement probe for a machine tool has a housing incorporating a window that allows the optical transmission or receipt of signals from/to infrared transmitters or receivers. To obviate the need to mount the transmitter and receiver components on an external sur... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7421800 | Scale reading apparatus A scale for a scale reading apparatus has a scale track with scale marks which form an incremental scale. The scale also has a set of reference marks. The scale has at least one additional track and different combinations of markers in the at least one additional tr... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7409914 | Aligning components of a measuring system A measuring system for calibrating a machine in which a base (10) is attachable to a surface of the machine and a housing (20) is mountable on the base, wherein at least one surface of the base and at least one surface of the housing are each provided ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7367128 | Scale reading apparatus A rotary ring system for use in scale reading apparatus comprises a rotary ring (12), provided with scale marks on its surface and at least one intermediate member (24). The at least one intermediate member (24) is fitted between the rotary ring... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364393 | Machine adaptation The invention relates to the transmission of power and/or data from/to a stationary part of a machine tool 200 to/from an accessory 100 mounted in the spindle 210 of the machine tool 200. A first electrical link or interface 1a,... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351239 | Implantable drug delivery pump The pump includes a metering pump including a rotor, at least two lengths of tubing against which the rotor is movable to urge the drug therethrough, and an outlet port associated with each of the at least two lengths of tubing. In this way, a drug may be supplied t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346993 | Rotary scale A rotary ring for use in scale reading apparatus, comprises a flexible ring (10) which has scale markings (14) provided on a surface thereof. The rotary ring is mounted onto a machine part (22) by providing the machine part with a region of incr... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341577 | Implantable drug delivery pump The pump includes a metering pump including a rotor, at least two lengths of tubing against which the rotor is movable to urge the drug therethrough, and an outlet port associated with each of the at least two lengths of tubing. In this way, a drug may be supplied t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337685 | Adjustable device An adjustable device is disclosed comprising two relatively re-orientatable members each having a lockable universal joint, and a connecting member for connecting the two relatively re-orientatable members whereby when the two relatively re-orientatable members are ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7315018 | Machine tool analysis device and method The invention relates to a device and method for analysis of a tool (50) e.g. used on a machine tool. A tool detector (5) includes a light emitter (12) and a light receiver (34). Tool (50) when progressed into a beam (20) of... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312433 | Measuring device and method for detecting objects interrupting a beam of radiation The invention relates to a measuring device 5 of the type which detects the interruption of a beam of radiation (e.g. light 20) by an object (50 FIG. 1) in the beam. The device includes a light emitter 12 and a light dete... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293365 | Probe or stylus orientation Re-orientation of a stylus 30 or measurement probe 12 can be accomplished by engaging a part of the stylus or probe with a fixed part 50 and moving the probe in a spherical path centred at the engagement. The engagement 50 is spaced from ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285935 | Battery life determination A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a battery low voltage warning for a range of batteries having various initial voltages. When a battery is inserted into a battery holder its initial off-load voltage is measured using a microprocessor. The microproc... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281336 | Touch probe A touch probe (10,50) is disclosed comprising a probe body (12,52) housing first locating elements (23,58), a stylus holder (16,54) having second locating elements (24,57) which co-operate with the first locating elements to locate... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7241070 | Pivot joint A pivot joint has a first structure comprising a ball mounted in a receptacle, wherein the location of the ball is held with respect to the receptacle, and a second structure mounted on and movable with respect to the ball, wherein the second structure has at least ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228641 | Bearing arrangement A bearing arrangement for an articulatable support includes bearing assemblies. In one embodiment, the assemblies have a ball and aperture having sliding contact at discrete areas during relative rotation. In another embodiment, the sliding contact may be formed at ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7185552 | Movable sample holder A device for the axial and rotational movement of a sample is disclosed comprising a mount member for mounting the sample, which is rotatable about and movable along an axis, characterised in that the mount member has a helical screw thread which produces the moveme... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174652 | Performing measurement or calibration on positioning machines A machine having a pair of spaced structures, a plurality of ball and socket joints spaced apart on each structure, and six struts interconnecting the structures. Each strut engages with a respective ball and socket joint on each of the structures, and defines a var... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168290 | Aligning components of a measuring system A measuring system for calibrating a machine in which a base (10) is attachable to a surface of the machine and a housing (20) is mountable on the base, wherein at least one surface of the base and at least one surface of the housing are each provided ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170595 | Optical slit An optical slit comprises two blades 40,42 which define a slit between them, each blade being independently movable. This enables both the slit position and the slit width to be adjusted. The slit may be aligned with the center of a light beam by aiming the l... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165335 | Method of scanning an object A method of scanning an object is disclosed comprising the steps of providing a scanning device having a probe and a sample holder whereby the sample holder is rotatable relative to the probe, providing a first feature for indicating the start and/or end of a scan, ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7146741 | Measuring probe with diaphragms and modules A measuring probe includes a suspension module 112 in which a stylus holder 140 is suspended from a housing on a pair of diaphragms 142,144. At least one of the diaphragms is formed with spiral cut-outs whereby the stylus, which is connected at ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145468 | Machine tool probe A probe 10 has internal circuitry capable of operating in a plurality of different modes, for example a variety of filter modes and turn off modes. A switch on the probe sends an input to a controller which is arranged to preset the mode in response to operat... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141780 | Position determination system for determining the position of one relatively moveable part relative to another relatively movable part A measurement scale (20) is movable in plane x relative to a mask (10) and photodetector (30). When a pattern of apertures in the mask (10) are in correlation with a pattern of apertures e.g. a reference mark in the scale (20) then... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139071 | Spectroscopy apparatus and method A spectroscopy method in which a sample is scanned without moving the sample. Light from the sample 16 is collected by a lens 14 and analyzed at a spectrum analyzer 28 before being focused onto a photodetector 32. Light from the focal poi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131207 | Workpiece inspection method A method of inspecting an artefact using a non contact measurement mounted on a coordinate measuring apparatus. An artefact is measured first with a contact probe (28) and then with a non contact probe (32). An error map or function is generated (34... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127825 | Stylus orientation A measurement probe (10) has a stylus part (12) connected to it by means of a ball and cup universal joint (24/25 FIGS. 2 and 3). The stylus part (12) is reorientable relative to the probe and during reorientation is held by... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124514 | Probe for high speed scanning A measurement probe (5) which comprises a housing (16) for mounting on an arm (6) of a coordinate positioning apparatus (2) and a stylus (10) mounted on a stylus support member (28). The stylus (10) and the stylus sup... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7100297 | Probe or stylus orientation Re-orientation of a stylus (30) or measurement probe (12) can be accomplished by engaging a part of the stylus or probe with a fixed part (50) and moving the probe in a spherical path centred at the engagement. The engagement (50) is spac... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096077 | Tool identification A tool joint part has a PIC incorporated therein for storing data which can be used to identify the tool to which the joint part is interconnected. PICs are incorporated into tool conditioning circuits. An intermediate circuit operates to match the identity stored d... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089678 | Encoder with reference marks A scale (10) has magnetic incremental scale marks in a track (10a), and a pseudo-random code sequence in a reference mark track (10b). Sensors (2,3) feed the pattern of the code in the track (10b) into a bi-dir... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086170 | Analogue probe A probe 8 comprises a housing 10 and a member 20 movable with respect to the housing onto which a stylus 12 may be mounted such that movement of the stylus results in movement of the member and a primary transducer 50, 52 for measu... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079969 | Dynamic artefact comparison A method of inspecting a series of workpieces using a coordinate measuring apparatus, comprising the steps of: measuring a calibrated artefact on a coordinate measuring apparatus at a fast speed 28; generating an error map corresponding to the difference betw... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7055258 | Kinematic coupling with damper Apparatus for releasably connecting together two members (18, 20) comprises two members (18, 20), each provided with co-operating elements (22a, 24A) to define the location of one member with respect to the other member. A damper (... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055367 | Calibration of a probe A method of calibrating an analogue probe (10) having a stylus (12) with a workpiece-contacting tip (14) or a non-contact probe (26). A calibration artefact such as a calibration sphere (16) is mounted on a coordinate measuring mac... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053392 | Optical measuring apparatus for measuring objects on machines The present invention teaches a method and apparatus for making measurement of an object on a machine, such as a machine tool, using an optical measuring apparatus which includes a light source for generating a beam of light which is incident on a detector. A detect... | 05/30/2006 |
