Patent ID: 7281433
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
1. An orientable touch probe for orienting a measuring feeler relatively to a measuring apparatus, including: a support element; a mobile element connected with said support element, capable of turning around an axis relatively to said support element; a resilient organ located along said axis, for holding said mobile element in a locked position, preventing the mobile element from rotating when the mobile element is in the locked position; indexing elements defining six contact points between said support element and said mobile element, for defining a multiplicity of predetermined and reproducible angular positions for said mobile element when said mobile element is in locked position; an actuator opposed to said resilient organ for disengaging said mobile element from said support element, allowing said mobile element to rotate around said axis, wherein no other contact exists between said support element and said mobile element apart from said six contact points and said connection with said resilient organ when said mobile element is in the locked position.