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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171651 | Squareness testing instruments and methods of operation thereof A squareness testing instrument (1, 100, 200) has one or more pairs of arms (2,3, 122,123), such as a one or more pairs of slats or rods, pivotally interconnected using suitable fasteners (4). The one or more pairs of arms are shaped such that t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7987609 | Perpendicularity measuring device A measuring device includes a transfer sleeve, an assist assembly, and a caliper gauge. The transfer sleeve includes two end surfaces and a side surface; the sleeve defines a transfer hole along the longitudinal direction thereof and perpendicular to the end surface... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7918035 | Skate blading squareness indicator A gauge is disclosed for measuring squareness of a skate blade that has a pair of parallel side walls and a pair of bottom blade edges. The gauge includes a squaring frame that has a vertical blade contact surface fixed to a gauge plate. The gauge plate has a horizo... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7434324 | Tool for qualitatively measuring a feature of a skate blade A tool for qualitatively measuring a feature of a skate blade. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7352455 | Laser scanner with parabolic collector An improved laser scanning apparatus (46) for determining frame or unibody alignment or misalignment of a vehicle (40) is provided, which includes a laser assembly (54), a pair of rotatable mirror assemblies (56,58) and laser detectors ( | 04/01/2008 |
| 7299559 | Construction layout and angle measurement tool A construction layout and angle measurement tool includes opposite working sides having unique indicia for establishing angles from side edges or corners of building materials. When used with a reference line, and when attached to the workpiece, the tool allows site... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7191539 | Ice-skate blade squareness verification device The present invention relates to an ice-skate blade edge squareness verification device comprising an indicator element with a plurality of squareness indicia on its face and a verification element removably mounted across a skate blade's edges for verification of s... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7069778 | Fixture for testing spring squareness under a load A fixture and technique for testing a coil spring selected from a supply of springs. Each spring has an unstressed generally helical configuration and the test determines an excess departure from the helical configuration of a spring under a compressive load. The fi... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069666 | Spindle squaring apparatus The Invention is an apparatus for squaring a spindle of a machine tool with a work holding surface. A shank is adapted to be connected to the spindle. The shank has a shank axis and is attached to a body. The body has a lower side from which depends a reference poin... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051446 | Construction layout and angle measurement tool A construction layout and angle measurement tool includes opposite working sides having unique indicia for establishing angles from side edges or corners of building materials. When used with a reference line, and when attached to the workpiece, the tool allows site... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7013576 | Measuring device using multi-start threaded spindle Provided is a measuring device 1 for measuring the size of an object comprising a body 2, and a spindle 3 which is screwed into the body 2 and axially advances and retracts by screwing with respect to the body 2, the measurement be... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6931751 | Methods and apparatus for securing components for inspection A method enables a component to be secured for inspection. The method comprises providing a tool including a first clamping member and a second clamping member coupled to a guide rail assembly, fixedly securing the first clamping member to the guide rail assembly, s... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6644102 | Golf club fixture A device for measuring alignment of a golf club is provided, and allows measurement of the lie angle and loft angle simultaneously. The strike face of the club is placed against an abutment member that is fixed to a base member, and held in place with a c... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6594914 | Ice skate blade squaring gauge A blade squaring gauge for ice skates is in the form of a small, hand-held disk having the approximate size of a silver dollar. Along the circumferential edge of the disk are slots for truing the edges of the blade. Each slot corresponds to a different ar... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6481113 | Ice skate blade gauge An accurate, portable skate blade gauge comprises an extruded body having a blade-receiving recess, a clamping screw for pressing the blade against a side wall of the recess, and a pivoted indicator arm having a base near the pivot for engagement with the... | 11/19/2002 |
| 5522147 | Edge locating device An improved device and system to precisely locate a point on a workpiece. The device and system is also used to precisely position a work tool with respect to the workpiece. The device incorporates a probe end and a contact end. The contact end has a bott... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5377419 | Method and means for measuring squareness of two opposing corners on plate structures An improvement to a measuring table for fabricated plate products, such as sheet metal and the like. A measuring table having legs for support of flat table surfaces with opposite sides and ends is equipped with a straight reference gauge extending square... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5345688 | Method and device for measuring squareness of ice skate blades An ice skate blade squaring device comprises a squaring body which is removably mountable to an ice skate blade. The squaring body includes a standard squaring line across one face thereof. Arranged on each end of the squaring line are sets of graduations... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5343627 | Method and means for measuring squareness of plate structures An apparatus and method for measuring the squareness of fabricated plate structures by providing a measuring table having a straight reference gauge extending squarely across the table, and a plunger-operated measuring gauge rigidly mounted on a carriage ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5231766 | Apparatus and method for examining the evenness of an end of a pipe A pipe square apparatus and method for facing off the rough cut ends of a pipe. The pipe square apparatus comprising a planar reference surface; and alignment member for aligning the planar reference surface perpendicular to an axis of the pipe. An altern... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5133135 | Angle gauge This invention relates to a gauge device which may be used by a toolmaker or machinist to determine the squareness of surfaces on a workpiece. The device has a handle having a gauge mounted adjacent an end of the arm opposite the handle and an intermediat... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5131161 | Guide post and master cylinder squareness gage A guide post and/or master cylinder squareness gage has a vee-block for attaching the gage to a guide post or master cylinder. The vee-block includes a gage stop which bears against the plane surface when the gage is attached to the guide post or master c... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5058284 | Precision gauge assembly By mounting a longitudinally extending blade with a mounting block for pivotal movement about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the blade, in combination with a distance measuring meter mounted to measuring engagement with the movable blad... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4805315 | Free standing squaring tool with open corners A fixture for holding workpieces at predetermined angles while they are being interconnected includes a pair of legs and a hypotenuse forming a right triangle, whose three vertices are truncated to enable the fixture to function as a jig, as a template, o... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4680869 | Cylindrical square A cylindrical square for inspecting the angular relationship of a test surface to a vertical support surface on a vertical support member. The flat surface being intended to be perpendicular to the test surface, a dial indicator having a sensing member an... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4622752 | Gauge for machine tools A gauge for determining whether a conductive element, such as a cutting element, fence, gauge rod, gauge shaft, or guiding surface is oriented at a predetermined angle with respect to a reference surface is disclosed and claimed. The gauge includes an ind... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4517745 | Apparatus for measuring the shoulder of a drill pipe joint A gauge device has an insert portion having means for aligning the insert portion along a longitudinal axis of an oil drill pipe so that the squareness of a joint shoulder and shoulder available for grinding at a box end of an oil drill pipe can be determ... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4472882 | Squareness test fixture A test fixture adapted to measure the squareness of springs, generally cylindrical objects or the like. Preferably the fixture includes a rigid, planar base adapted to be disposed upon a supporting surface, from which a rigid, calibrated test plate projec... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4434559 | Tool for gauging the corners of workpieces of sheet metal or the like A tool for ascertaining the location of an elongated corner or edge between two mutually inclined surfaces of a workpiece has a frame which supports two cylinders for reciprocable piston rods whose front end portions abut against a work contacting device ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4413417 | Adjustable angle plate An adjustable toolmaker's square that includes a one piece body having a pair of legs containing flat accurately machined reference surfaces that meet at an angle that is slightly less than 90° to form a corner. One of the legs forms the base of the devi... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4406069 | Perpendicularity indicator for machine tool and method of operation A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining perpendicularity between a tool mounting assembly and a work surface of a machine tool, the apparatus being in the form of a device including a shaft adapted for mounting in the tool mounting assembly an... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4386532 | Instrumented tool An angle measuring device for establishing a position of a frame member in two orthogonal planes or in an azimuth plane, relative to a reference plane, comprising a frame member supporting a plurality of equally radially and angularly spaced linear potent... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4375129 | Indicating platform for machine tools A tooling aid for a machine tool includes an indicating platform adapted for use with a dial indicator for indicating whether the head of the machine tool is square to the work table. The indicating platform includes a top member which defines a flat, smo... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4365419 | Alignment device for machine head A device and method for aligning the machine head of machines such as milling machines. A disk having a lapped flat surface is to be attached to the spindle of the machine, and the axis of the spindle can readily and accurately be set perpendicular to the... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4338723 | Angle measuring device An angle measuring device for establishing a position of a frame member in two orthogonal planes or in an azimuth plane, relative to a reference plane, comprising a frame member supporting a plurality of equally radially and angularly spaced linear potent... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4333239 | Method and apparatus for inspecting shrouds of rotor blades A fixture 39 for positioning shroud 22 of a rotor blade 14 with respect to an apparatus for inspecting the blade is disclosed. The fixture is formed of a base 42, locater means 40 attached to the base, first and second references 44, 46, a second locater ... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4328621 | Position sensing device A position sensing device having a plurality of angular position sensing probes movably mounted within a support member for simultaneously engaging a surface when the support member is moved into proximity with the surface. Transducers associated with eac... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4218826 | Radial arm saw alignment tool A gauge assembly for checking the alignment of radial arm saw blades relative to the saw table includes a base engageable within the saw fence guide slot with a vertical post extending upwardly from the base. A support arm is frictionally held upon the po... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4138821 | Pellet length and end squareness inspection apparatus Apparatus for determining pellet length and end squareness which includes a base supporting a pair of linear variable differential transformers (LVDT) between which a pellet is placed for measuring end squareness. The LVDT's are perpendicularity detectors... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4083116 | Transfer gage The included angle between two flat relatively angularly disposed surfaces of a workpiece is measured with the aid of a transfer gage having a base pivotally mounting, on a pivot axis parallel to a surface of the base, a transfer gage member, such as a tr... | 04/11/1978 |
