IP Library Granted Patent US 8,742,318
Granted Patent B2
US 8,742,318 · App. 13/179,425 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

Tool length measuring method and tool length measuring device

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Patent No.
US 8,742,318
App. No.
13/179,425
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a tool length measuring method measuring a length of a tool based on a movement amount of the tool from a predetermined position when the tool is moved from the predetermined position in a predetermined direction and interrupts a laser beam, the movement of the tool in a direction in which the tool approaches a main body of a laser device is stopped when a static signal indicating that the tool is interrupting the laser beam is detected.

Claims (2)

1. A tool length measuring method measuring a length of a tool based on a movement amount of the tool from a predetermined position when the tool is moved from the predetermined position in a predetermined direction and interrupts a laser beam, the method comprising stopping the movement of the tool in a direction in which the tool approaches a main body of a laser device when detecting a first signal indicating that the tool is interrupting the laser beam, wherein, when a second signal which is output when the tool shifts from a state where the tool does not interrupt the laser beam to a state where the tool interrupts the laser beam is detected, a tool length measuring program is continued, and wherein the first signal is output later than the second signal.

2. A tool length measuring device measuring a length of a tool based on a movement amount of the tool from a predetermined position when the tool is moved from the predetermined position in a predetermined direction and interrupts a laser beam, the device comprising: a main body of a laser device including a laser beam generating part generating the laser beam, a laser beam receiving part receiving the laser beam generated by the laser beam generating part, and a first signal output part outputting a first signal indicating that the tool is interrupting the laser beam; and a program controller stopping the movement of the tool in a direction in which the tool approaches the main body of the laser device when detecting the first signal, wherein the main body of the laser device further includes a second signal output part outputting a second signal when the tool shifts from a state where the tool does not interrupt the laser beam to a state where the tool interrupts the laser beam, and wherein the first signal is output later than the second signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 2, 2013
From: MORI SEIKI CO., LTD.
To: DMG MORI SEIKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031746/0252 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2012
From: MIYAMOTO, SATOSHI; NISHIOKA, TAKAYUKI
To: MORI SEIKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027968/0391 →