IP Library Granted Patent US 9,372,061
Granted Patent B2
US 9,372,061 · App. 14/377,227 · Granted Jun 21, 2016

Inner diameter measuring device

Inventors: Michiko Baba (Tokyo, JP); Kouzou Hasegawa (Tokyo, JP); Yuuichi Miura (Tokyo, JP); Norimasa Taga (Tokyo, JP); Tooru Fujii (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: IHI Corporation
G01B5/12
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Patent No.
US 9,372,061
App. No.
14/377,227
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inner diameter measuring device ( 50 ) for measuring an inner diameter of a hollow object to be measured, wherein the inner diameter measuring device comprises a circulation unit ( 1 ) and a measuring head ( 2 ) and is insertable into inside of an object to be measured, wherein the measuring head has a contact measuring unit ( 27 ) for measuring the inner diameter by contacting an inner surface of the object to be measured and an advancing/retreating unit ( 23 ) for making the contact measuring unit to advance and to retreat in a radial direction, and wherein the circulation unit can rotate the measuring head around a center line ( 51 ) of the inner diameter measuring device.

Claims (6)

1. An inner diameter measuring device for measuring an inner diameter of a hollow object to be measured, wherein said inner diameter measuring device comprises a circulation unit and a measuring head and is insertable into inside of an object to be measured, wherein said measuring head has a contact measuring unit for measuring the inner diameter by contacting an inner surface of the object to be measured and an advancing/retreating unit for making said contact measuring unit to advance and to retreat in a radial direction and a scale unit, and wherein said circulation unit can rotate said measuring head around a center line of said inner diameter measuring device,

wherein said advancing/retreating unit has a measuring unit holder which holds said contact measuring unit and is able to move integrally with said contact measuring unit in radial direction and wherein said scale unit comprises a scale sensor movable integrally with said measuring unit holder and a linear scale provided in parallel to moving direction of said contact measuring unit, wherein a measurement of the inner diameter is determined based on an amount of moving of said measuring unit holder in radial direction as detected by said scale sensor and on a detection result of said contact measuring unit.

2. An inner diameter measuring device according to claim 1 , wherein said circulation unit is provided at a front end of a rod-like supporting member.

3. An inner diameter measuring device according to claim 1 , wherein a center of gravity of said measuring head is at a position on said center line or approximately at a position on said center line.

4. An inner diameter measuring device according to claim 1 , wherein said measuring head has a measuring unit supporting base plate to be circulated by said circulation unit, said advancing/retreating unit is provided on said measuring unit supporting base plate via two sets of linear guides, wherein each of the linear guides comprises a pair of advancing/retreating guide rails and a pair of blocks slidably fitted to said advancing/retreating guide rails, wherein with respect to one of said linear guides, said advancing/retreating guide rail is provided on said measuring unit supporting base plate, and said block is provided on said advancing/retreating unit, and with respect to the other of the linear guides, said advancing/retreating guide rail is provided on said advancing/retreating unit and said block is provided on said measuring unit supporting base plate.

5. An inner diameter measuring device for measuring an inner diameter of a hollow object to be measured, wherein said inner diameter measuring device comprises a circulation unit and a measuring head and is insertable into inside of an object to be measured, wherein said measuring head has a contact measuring unit for measuring the inner diameter by contacting an inner surface of the object to be measured and an advancing/retreating unit for making said contact measuring unit to advance and to retreat in a radial direction, and wherein said circulation unit can rotate said measuring head around a center line of said inner diameter measuring device, wherein said measuring head has a measuring unit supporting base plate to be circulated by said circulation unit, said advancing/retreating unit is provided on said measuring unit supporting base plate via two sets of linear guides, wherein each of the linear guides comprises a pair of advancing/retreating guide rails and a pair of blocks slidably fitted to said advancing/retreating guide rails, wherein with respect to one of said linear guides, said advancing/retreating guide rail is provided on said measuring unit supporting base plate, and said block is provided on said advancing/retreating unit, and with respect to the other of the linear guides, said advancing/retreating guide rail is provided on said advancing/retreating unit and said block is provided on said measuring unit supporting base plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2014
From: BABA, MICHIKO; HASEGAWA, KOUZOU; MIURA, YUUICHI; TAGA, NORIMASA; FUJII, TOORU
To: IHI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033689/0334 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-026043 · Feb 9, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150007440A1 · Jan 8, 2015