Patent ID: 11892362
Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A shape measuring method comprising:
adjusting, using an adjusting unit, a measuring force on a spindle having an elongate rod-like body and a tip end provided with a contact point brought into contact with an object to be measured provided in a body case supporting the spindle in such a manner as to move forward and backward in an axial direction;
positioning, using the adjusting unit, by moving in a direction substantially parallel to a moving direction of the spindle and of thereafter fixing during spindle movement; and
biasing the spindle toward the tip end and having one end directly or indirectly engaged with the spindle and the other end directly or indirectly engaged with the adjustment unit,
wherein an outer face of the body case or an outer face of the adjustment unit has index values indicating measuring force applied to the spindle by the adjustment unit, and
wherein the index values are provided corresponding to a posture of the measuring device such that index values are provided for at least two of normal-posture measure force, an inverted-posture, and a lateral-posture.