IP Library Granted Patent US 8,479,564
Granted Patent B2
US 8,479,564 · App. 12/863,606 · Granted Jul 9, 2013

Air-micrometer calibration device

Inventor: Noritaka Fujimura (Ritto, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,479,564
App. No.
12/863,606
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention aims to provide an air-micrometer calibration device capable of securely causing an axis of a measuring-head tip portion and an axis of a master hole to coincide with each other. To this end, the air-micrometer calibration device ( 91 ) includes a small-diameter master hole ( 95 ); a large-diameter master hole ( 96 ); and positioning means for causing an axis of the measuring-head tip portion and an axis of the small-diameter master hole to coincide with each other when a measuring-head tip portion ( 43 ) is inserted in the small-diameter master hole ( 95 ), and for causing the axis of the measuring-head tip portion and an axis of the large-diameter master hole to coincide with each other when the measuring-head tip portion is inserted in the large-diameter master hole, where the positioning means includes: a pressure oil supply passage ( 98 ); a clamping sleeve ( 93 ); and a hydraulic pressure chamber ( 97 ) surrounding a periphery of the clamping sleeve, and the clamping sleeve clamps a measuring-head body portion ( 42 ) (a case ( 46 )) in association with a pressure of a pressure oil supplied from the pressure oil supply passage to the hydraulic pressure chamber.

Claims (27)

1. An air-micrometer calibration device for calibrating a measuring head for an air micrometer, the measuring head including:

a measuring-head body portion having a measurement air supply passage formed therein; and

a measuring-head tip portion being provided on a distal end of the measuring-head body portion and having formed therein a measurement air nozzle for jetting, through a jetting opening in an outer peripheral surface of the measuring-head tip portion, measurement air supplied from the measurement air supply passage,

the air-micrometer calibration device characterized by comprising:

a small-diameter master hole;

a large-diameter master hole; and

positioning means for causing an axis of the measuring-head tip portion and an axis of the small-diameter master hole to coincide with each other when the measuring-head tip portion is inserted in the small-diameter master hole, and for causing the axis of the measuring-head tip portion and an axis of the large-diameter master hole to coincide with each other when the measuring-head tip portion is inserted in the large-diameter master hole,

the positioning means includes: a pressure oil supply passage; a clamping sleeve; and a hydraulic pressure chamber surrounding a periphery of the clamping sleeve, and

the clamping sleeve clamps the measuring-head body portion in association with a pressure of the pressure oil supplied from the pressure oil supply passage to the hydraulic pressure chamber, thereby causing the axis of the measuring-head tip portion and the axis of the small-diameter master hole to coincide with each other, or thereby causing the axis of the measuring-head tip portion and the axis of the large-diameter master hole to coincide with each other.

2. The air-micrometer calibration device according to claim 1 , characterized in that

the clamping sleeve, the small-diameter master hole, and the large-diameter master hole are arranged in series, and

an axis of the clamping sleeve, an axis of the small-diameter master hole, and an axis of the large-diameter master hole coincide with one another.

3. An air-micrometer calibration device for calibrating a measuring head for an air micrometer, the measuring head being configured to be mounted on a main spindle of a machine tool at the time of measurement and inserted into a bush hole of a bush attached to a work table of the machine tool, for measuring an amount of eccentricity between the bush hole and the main spindle, the measuring head including:

a measuring-head body portion; and

a measuring-head tip portion provided on a distal end of the measuring-head body portion and configured to be inserted into the bush hole at the time of the measurement, in which:

one or a plurality of measurement air nozzles are formed in the measuring-head tip portion, the measurement air nozzles configured to e measurement air to a gap between an outer peripheral surface of the measuring-head tip portion and an inner peripheral surface of the bush hole respectively through jetting openings in the outer peripheral surface at the time of measurement;

individual measurement air supply passages corresponding to the respective measurement air nozzles are formed in the measuring-head body portion; and

the measurement air is supplied to the measurement air nozzles respectively through the individual measurement air supply passages,

the air-micrometer calibration device characterized by comprising:

a small-diameter master hole;

a large-diameter master hole; and

positioning means for causing an axis of the measuring-head tip portion and an axis of the small-diameter master hole to coincide with each other when the measuring-head tip portion is inserted in the small-diameter master hole, and for causing the axis of the measuring-head tip portion and an axis of the large-diameter master hole to coincide with each other when the measuring-head tip portion is inserted in the large-diameter master hole,

the positioning means includes: a pressure oil supply passage; a clamping sleeve; and a hydraulic pressure chamber surrounding a periphery of the clamping sleeve, and

the clamping sleeve clamps the measuring-head body portion in association with a pressure of the pressure oil supplied from the pressure oil supply passage to the hydraulic pressure chamber, thereby causing the axis of the measuring-head tip portion and the axis of the small-diameter master hole to coincide with each other, or thereby causing the axis of the measuring-head tip portion and the axis of the large-diameter master hole to coincide with each other.

4. The air-micrometer calibration device according to claim 3 , characterized in that

the clamping sleeve, the small-diameter master hole, and the large-diameter master hole are arranged in series, and

an axis of the clamping sleeve, an axis of the small-diameter master hole, and an axis of the large-diameter master hole coincide with one another.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2016
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038896/0534 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2010
From: FUJIMURA, NORITAKA
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 025023/0047 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-010174 · Jan 21, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110000274A1 · Jan 6, 2011