Patent ID: 8533970
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for measuring objects, the apparatus having a probe which is movable relative to an object to be measured by means of an actuator to sample the surface of the object in a contacting manner, wherein a sampling body whose front end is designed as a measuring tip for a contact with the object is supported at the probe and means are provided to determine the relative position of the measuring tip with respect to the probe, wherein the sampling body is supported at the probe with movement play along at least one direction; and wherein means are provided by which a movement of the sampling body relative to the probe, or vice versa, can be detected via a measurement of a test parameter, wherein the means for detecting a movement, in particular a change in inclination, include at least one pneumatic measuring nozzle which opens into a cut-out of the sampling body.