DEVICE FOR MEASURING LINEAR SIZES Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC G01B5/00 

FIELD: measuring technique.

SUBSTANCE: device comprises housing, flexible parallelogram with movable platform and flexible members that connect the movable platform with the housing, measuring device, and measuring tips. The device is provided with additional flexible parallelogram having additional movable U-shaped platform provided with projections arranged from its opposite sides, and additional flexible members secured to the projections and arranged parallel to the flexible members. One of the additional flexible members is interposed between the flexible members. The junctions of the flexible members and additional flexible members with the housing and junctions of the flexible members with the movable platform, and junctions of the additional flexible members with the additional movable platform are arranged in appropriate planes. The movable platform has a port that receives one of the additional flexible members and port for measuring device. The measuring device comprises measuring raster, indicating raster, emitter, and photodetector mounted on the holder secured to the additional movable platform for permitting rotation parallel to the flexible members, additional flexible members, and measuring raster. The measuring and indicating rasters are positioned in the plane of projections of the additional movable platform and parallel to the plane of maximum flexibility of the flexible parallelogram and additional flexible parallelogram.

EFFECT: expanded functional capabilities.

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