Patent References 3540340 3786705 Linear measuring apparatus Positioning apparatus Tool positioning apparatus Patent #: 4224847 InventorApplicationNo. 06/580669 filed on 02/16/1984US Classes:83/13, PROCESSES33/710, Machine parts83/425.4, Tools axially shiftable on support83/498, Tool pair axially shiftable83/522.17, To work-engaging member83/74Including means to correct the sensed operationExaminersPrimary: Meister, James M.Assistant: Knoble, John L. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassB26D 7/26 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1983-03-01 FIAbstractIn a method for determining, by means of an observing and recording measuring device the exact position of a movable member and/or for determining a corrective movement to be performed from a position of the member, a measuring device having a datum position is used. The method includes the steps of determining the position of the movable member and/or a required corrective movement thereof by moving the measuring device past the position of the movable member and determining a new position obtained through the corrective movement or, alternatively, re-determining the first mentioned position of the movable member by moving the measuring device a second time past the movable member in an opposite direction. | |