Apparatus for measuring thickness of plate-shaped article

An apparatus for measuring the thickness of a plate-shaped article with a substantially rectangular lateral face, comprises a measuring optical system including a light-emitting unit for emitting a measuring light beam along an optical axis in a predetermined plane, and a light-receiving unit provid...

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Main Authors KATO; KINYA, TAKAOKA; KAZUHIRO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 05.01.1993
Subjects
MEASURING
MEASURING ANGLES
MEASURING AREAS
MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Summary:An apparatus for measuring the thickness of a plate-shaped article with a substantially rectangular lateral face, comprises a measuring optical system including a light-emitting unit for emitting a measuring light beam along an optical axis in a predetermined plane, and a light-receiving unit provided on said optical axis and adapted to generate an output signal corresponding to the amount of detected measuring light, support system for supporting the article in such a manner that the article is substantially parallel to the predetermined plane and the measuring light enters obliquely the lateral face of the article, relative movement unit for moving, in a direction crossing said predetermined plane, either of said article and the measuring light relative to the other, and determination unit for determining the thickness of the article, based on the output signal of the measuring optical system and the amount of movement by the relative movement unit.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19910806298