A profile gauge in which two beams are scanned in unison, one of them being scanned in a parallel manner across an object being measured and producing a profile signal in a first light detector, and the other being scanned in a parallel across a diffraction grating which transmits light that produces a pulsed measuring signal in a second light detector, one pulse being produced for each line spacing interval of the grating traversed by the second beam and these measuring pulses being produced co...

Apparatus for measuring the dimensions of objects including elongated light sources within a measuring zone with the opposite ends of each of the light sources being arranged over each of the edge portions of a sheet of web material to be measured. The light sources are positioned adjacent one side of the web material in a non-contact relationship such that the lengthwise direction of the light sources is positioned so as to coincide with the widthwise direction of the web. A pair of photoelectr...

A trial and error method for measuring dimensions of the vagina and specifically the effective diameter of the vaginal sphincter muscle of an animal such as a dog or other female animal, using a plurality of measuring devices having a nose cone portion with a blunt free end mounted to an elongate handle, said nose cone portion including an intermediate ring of maximum diameter. The sphincter muscle diameter is determined by inserting said nose cone portion through the vulva until said intermedia...

To measure the dimensions of an elongate section such as a rolled or extruded section, two fixed observation points are chosen so that the elongate section lies between them. Two directional telemeters are arranged to measure the distance from the respective observation points to the section along a directional axis which is pivotable about a pivot axis passing through the corresponding observation point and extending along the elongate section; the observation points and directional axes lie in...

There is disclosed a device for measuring dimensions of workpieces, particularly rod shaped workpieces. The device includes a supporting means for supporting and roughly aligning the workpieces, a measuring mean for detecting the length of the workpiece, and a control unit including memory means for storing the measured values. The measuring device of the present invention is characterized in that the measuring means (1, 103) is provided with a sensor means (6, 104) for detecting dimensions of a...

An array of photosensitive imaging sensors connected to a digital computer is utilized to measure selected dimensions of objects upon which the photosensitive array is focused. Two sets of information in the form of analog signals generated by the photosensitive array, both with and without an object in view, are converted to digital form and stored in a memory. The two sets of information contained in the memory are compared to thereby create digital signals indicative of the dimensions of the ...

An array of photosensitive imaging sensors connected to a digital computer is utilized to measure selected dimensions of objects upon which the photosensitive array is focused. Two sets of information in the form of analog signals generated by the photosensitive array, both with and without an object in view, are converted to digital form and stored in a memory. The two sets of information contained in the memory are compared to thereby create digital signals indicative of the dimensions of the ...

The measuring apparatus comprises a base plate member including a rotatable measuring object receiving station adapted to rotatably receive e.g. a tool to be measured. Besides the receiving station, a guiding column is arranged having a guiding rail along which a measuring carriage is movable upwardly and downwardly. The carriage is provided with a horizontally displaceable measuring rail, an end portion thereof being equipped with a measuring calliper assembly. This assembly includes a measurin...

An instrument is disclosed for measuring internal dimensions by effecting an absolute measurement of an internal dimension of a workpiece using two measuring elements. This instrument for measuring internal dimensions has probes of the measuring elements disposed at two points on a plane incorporating the center axis of a positioning member, the forward end portion of which has a tapered surface, and the probes are adapted to abut against the inner wall surface of the workpiece which is guided b...

A probe for checking linear dimensions comprising an arm movable along two opposite directions with respect to a support, a pair of electrical contacts fixed with respect to the support and a pair of flexible laminae having first ends connected to the movable arm and carrying at second ends a pair of movable electrical contacts, which--in rest conditions--are closed against a relevant one of the fixed contacts. An element fixed to the movable arm is adapted to cooperate with two surfaces coupled...