Patent ID: 7164473

Claim:
An apparatus for measuring the face angle of a golf club, a golf club head or a face component, the apparatus comprising: a base; a base plate assembly positioned on the base, the base plate assembly capable of X-Y movement relative to the base; a non-contact displacement measuring assembly comprising a face center locating device, a plurality of non-contact displacement measuring devices, a vertical movement device and a horizontal movement device, the non-contact displacement measuring assembly positioned on the base forward of the base plate assembly; a lie adjustment assembly positioned on the base rearward of the base plate assembly, the lie adjustment assembly comprising a lie scale plate, an arm and a guide support plate; a shaft support assembly attached to the guide support plate of the lie adjustment assembly, the shaft support assembly comprising a shaft support arm and a shaft support device with an aperture; a shaft center sensor assembly attached to the arm of the lie adjustment assembly above the base plate assembly; and, an operator interface terminal positioned on the base.