Patent ID: 6523273
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
A reseat system, comprising:a fixed component; a movable component having a stylus to be settled at a predetermined rest position; first reseat components provided at three places on the fixed component mutually spaced apart; and second reseat components provided on the movable component to be in contact with the first reseat components at predetermined contact points, wherein, assuming that a first reseat component and a second reseat component corresponding thereto keep contact with each other when the stylus moves while keeping an axis of the stylus substantially parallel with an axis thereof at the rest position, a locus drawn by the tip of the stylus crosses the axis of the stylus at the rest position; and wherein, when an outside force is applied to the movable component, the tip of the stylus of the movable component can be displaced relative to the fixed component by releasing contact of either one of a first and second reseat component and, when the outside force is ceased to be applied to the movable component, the movable component returns to the rest position by a biasing force applied to the movable component in a direction from a base end of the stylus to a distal end thereof; the reseat system being characterized in that for the stylus to move away from the rest position, assuming the first and second reseat components keep contact while maintaining the axis of the stylus substantially parallel with the axis thereof at rest, the locus drawn by the tip of the stylus is inclined in the direction of the biasing force moving away from the axis of the stylus at the rest position.