Patent ID: 9157735
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automated apparatus comprising: a housing; a measurement device affixed to a frame capable of making linear or rotary measurements; a reader head affixed to the measurement device having an ability to read one or a plurality of divisions when a measurement is made by the measurement device; a shaft that is moveable in a forwards direction or a backwards direction through the frame in which a probe tip may be affixed; a scale affixed to the shaft including a plurality of divisions uniformly spaced apart thereon that is readable by the measurement device; a probe, wherein the probe includes: a common grip operably located externally to the apparatus that may be compressed by a user, and when compressed, activates the apparatus thereby causing the tip of the probe to move in a backwards direction towards the aft end of the apparatus, and the scale to move past, the reader head of the measurement device, and the measurement device to count the divisions present on the scale; and a digital circuit card affixed to the frame that has an ability to process measurement data, wherein the digital circuit card when activated is configured to cause the apparatus to perform: