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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328518 | Surface roughness/contour shape measuring apparatus The present invention provides a surface roughness/contour shape measuring apparatus that can move a probe relative to a workpiece within an orthogonal X-Y plane while employing a relatively inexpensive construction. In the surface roughness/contour shape measuring ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7228643 | Method of gaging on gear lapping and testing machines A system to replace or augment the common manual cone-gage method with a method that is highly automated on a CNC machine. Two cone-gage fixtures are employed, getting clamped into the gear and pinion workholding fixtures, respectively. But instead of mechanical con... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210239 | Slider device and measuring instrument A slider device (200, 800) according to the present invention includes a base (200); a running head (300) slidably provided on said base (200) along the direction guided by a prespecified guide mechanism (400); a rack (510) ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7127824 | Apparatus for detecting the position in space of a carriage moveable along a coordinate axis Described is a device for machine tools or measuring apparatus for detecting the spatial position of a carriage movable in a coordinate axis along a guide with respect to a reference standard which is designed as a rectangular plate extending parallel to the guide o... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117609 | Device, CNC measuring device, and method for measuring a rotationally symmetric precision part A device for measuring a rotationally symmetric precision part, having a dog, drivable via a drive, and a revolving centering means, the dog and the revolving centering means being positioned in such a way that a rotationally symmetric precision part to be measured ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114265 | Apparatus for detecting the position of a probe element in a multi-coordinate measuring device The invention is directed to a device for direct detection of the spatial position of a probe element in a multi-coordinate measuring apparatus, with a reference system comprised of at least one first standard and one second standard that are associated with coordin... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107695 | Device and process for profile measurement A hand-operated feeler includes a rod on a crossed movement table mounted on a support fitted with an immobilization device at a fixed reference as compared to the part to be measured and a processing unit configured to store and process the results. Such a device r... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6938353 | Adjustable probe Touch-triggered probe comprising a fixed part, designed to be fastened onto a measuring machine or a machine tool, and a mobile contact feeler that can be oriented on two independent axes along a multiplicity of spatial directions. The two axes of the probe comprise... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6907673 | Adjustable probe Touch-triggered probe comprising a fixed part, designed to be fastened onto a measuring machine or a machine tool, and a mobile contact feeler that can be oriented on two independent axes along a multiplicity of spatial directions. The two axes of the probe comprise... | 06/21/2005 |
| 5727326 | Pivotable two-coordinate scanning head with horizontal main axis The scanning head according to the invention has the horizontal main axis (1) and is provided for numerically controlled gear measuring devices. Its feeler (2) is guided by a linear slide (4) and the latter is guided by a leaf spring parallelogram (11, 12... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5392644 | Method and apparatus for inspection of gears A method for manual inspection of gears. A simple, manual method and apparatus is provided for inspection of a variety of gears. The method is particularly useful for determination of helical angle deviation and taper in helical gears. The gear to be insp... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5271271 | Method and apparatus for inspection of gears Apparatus for manual inspection of gears. The apparatus is particularly useful for determination of helical angle deviation and taper in helical gears. The ear to be inspected is placed in a suitable holder, or on a smooth support surface. A selected mast... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5231875 | Method and apparatus for evaluating gear motion characteristics, based on tooth profile deflection differentiated by rotation angle of the gear A method of evaluating motion characteristics of a workpiece gear, wherein the amount of tooth profile deflection of the workpiece gear in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of each tooth of the gear is obtained in relation to an angle o... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5067250 | Device for measurement of gap and flush A measuring device is described for measuring the gap and/or flush between two parts (70,71), comprising a housing (1) having a base (13) with an application face (14) which, in use, is placed on the surface of one of the parts (70). A probe (11) projects... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5052117 | Apparatus for measuring gear A gear measuring apparatus comprises detecting device for outputting detection signals, an X-direction linear travel system for making the detecting device travel linearly in an X direction perpendicular to a radial line and rotation device for rotating t... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4976044 | Scanner head for a tooth-flank scanning device A scanner head for a tooth-flank scanning device for testing and measuring of gears and similar parts, in particular of gearlike tools having abrasive tooth flanks, is adapted to be introduced into a tooth space of the respective gear or similar part and ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4852402 | Method and apparatus for checking or testing the profile of gear flanks, particularly of involute gears A measuring and sensing head (6, 30, 50) is moved under computer control in engagement with right and left flanks of gears. These may be internal or external gears. The head is moved in a tangential direction with respect to the base circle of the gear an... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4851773 | Rotating head profilometer probe An electro-mechanical eddy current probe having a rotatable sensing head for sensing the wall thickness of and locating local defects in a tube or conduit through which it is passed. The rotatable head includes a radially movable, outward projecting sensi... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4603487 | Method of compensating a profiling direction of a profiling machine A method for compensating a profiling direction of a profiling machine which is constructed to effect the surface profiling in any angular direction includes calculating a distance or a deviation quantity between an ideal profiling locus defined from a gi... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4532715 | Inspection machine and method for measuring the circular pitch spacing of teeth on a measurement circle of a gear The inspection or measuring machine is suitable for measuring the circular pitch spacing of teeth on gears of large diameter since the measurement results are not negatively influenced by the finite resolution of the graduations of the angular displacemen... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4528758 | Gear measuring feeler The measuring system of a gear measuring feeler in a gear measuring or testing machine comprises two oppositely arranged permanent magnets mounted at an end of a feeler rod located opposite to its end provided with a feeler probe. The measuring system fur... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4520569 | Component measuring instrument A component measuring machine includes a base on which a carriage is mounted for movement along an x-axis. A compound slide structure is mounted on the carriage for moving a cradle along y- and z-axes. A support on the carriage and the cradle supports an ... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4519242 | Automatic gear testing apparatus An automatic testing apparatus is proposed for testing the circular spacing of gears and, in a further development, for simultaneously testing the deviations in gear concentricity, tooth thickness and tooth gap. The testing of circular spacing is accompli... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4519141 | Gear probe In a gear probe for testing the shape and orientation of gear flanks, a control and computer unit is used to effect the necessary positioning between the gear flank to be tested and a measuring sensor. First the gear is positioned coarsely; during this st... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4519241 | Automatic gear testing apparatus An automatic testing apparatus is described for testing the circumferential spacing of gears, for testing deviations in tooth thickness and tooth gaps as well as deviations in gear concentricity, in which with a single revolution of the gear the spacing t... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4498335 | Control arrangement for a gear testing machine The control arrangement enables, with the aid of a start-up control device which is connected with an oscillation or vibration pickup or transducer which is affixed to the generating cylinder of the machine, running-up of the measuring drive at an optimum... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4457074 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing the sensor movement of a pitch and/or concentricity measuring device for gears A method for synchronizing the sensor movements of a pitch an/or concentricity measuring device for gears, wherein the sensor enters into gaps between teeth on the rotating gear, the measurement is made and then the sensor is retracted until the next gap ... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4380873 | Reset circuit for zero force touch probe A co-ordinate measuring system for determining the relative measurements of an object is disclosed. The system utilizes a probe which has a plurality of faces which are interconnected so as to form two parallel "X" co-ordinate probe surfaces (12) and two ... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4373268 | Gear measuring machine for inspecting helical gears A gear measuring machine for inspecting helical gears contains a feeler for sensing the tooth flank of the gear being tested. Since the contact point between the feeler and the tooth flank is located by the amount of the helix angle below a horizontal lin... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4364180 | Instrumentation for sensing the test values at test samples Instrumentation for sensing the test values at test samples, using a mechanical sensor moving relative to the test sample and consisting of a housing fixed part and of a movable, articulating multi ball and socket part connected to the housing fixed part ... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4356556 | Method of determining the boundaries of a measuring path of a gear flank testing apparatus and gear flank testing apparatus for performance of the method A method of determining the boundaries of a measuring path of a tooth flank-testing apparatus, wherein a measuring feeler is arranged upon a cross-slide arrangement composed of an X-slide or carriage movable in the direction of the tooth width of a test p... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4337580 | Method for inspecting gear contact patterns In a gear tooth having a tooth surface, the gear contact pattern is inspected by the steps of measuring the tooth surface at regularly positioned measuring points to detect deviations from a standard gear profile at corresponding measuring points and coun... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4322889 | Testing apparatus for involute and helical gear teeth A testing apparatus for involute and helical gear teeth comprises a rotatable chucking device for the test piece, and a feeler device containing a feeler which can be moved along the tooth flanks of the test piece. A respective drive serves for driving th... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4297788 | Gear testing machine A gear testing machine tests toothing characteristics such as tooth profile, tooth pitch or tooth helix angle and records deviations between desired and actual values on a test piece (10) which may be a gear, a worm etc. A radial carriage (16) is mounted ... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4285133 | Tooth flank testing apparatus and method of testing tooth flanks of gears A gear tooth flank testing apparatus and method wherein there is provided a housing erectable upon a bed or the like of a gear cutting machine. A measuring feeler is moveably arranged at the housing by means of two cross-wire arranged carriages having ass... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4276699 | Method and test apparatus for testing the tooth flank profile of large diameter gears A method and test apparatus for testing the tooth flank profiles of large diameter gears, contemplates the provision of two contact elements and a measuring feeler, which is movable along a X-axis parallel to the connection line of both contact elements a... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4276700 | Method for inspecting gear contact patterns In a pair of intermeshing gear teeth each having a tooth surface, the gear contact pattern is inspecting by steps of measuring each tooth surface at a regularly positioned measuring points to detect deviations from a standard gear profile at corresponding... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4275507 | Device for automatic measurement for engagement pitch of the thread on screw-like work pieces The device for measuring the engagement lead of the thread of a screw-like work piece, such as a hob, for example, includes a spindle for rotating the work piece about an axis, a measuring slider movable transversely to the axis and terminated with a feel... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4182045 | Device for checking involutes and helix angles of gears A device for checking involutes and helix angles of cylindrical gears by electronically compensating for mechanical errors, which includes a mechanically operating transmission chain, especially a rolling transmission, a sine bar, a sliding block linkage ... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4166323 | Gear tester for profile and lead testing Gear testing apparatus has a tooth flank probe or feeler displaceable in a spatial co-ordinate system by being mounted on a series of three support members each movable in a different direction. Scales monitoring the member movements feed member position ... | 09/04/1979 |
