US 7,526,872 B2
Pass-through gage and method of gaging a workpiece
Karl J. Liskow, Ypsilanti, Mich. (US)
Assigned to Control Gaging, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. (US)
Appl. No. 10/579,816
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2004, PCT No. PCT/US2004/038759
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 16, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/049244, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 02, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/523027, filed on Nov. 18, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0089314 A1, Apr. 26, 2007
Int. Cl. G01B 3/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 33—555.1  [33/549; 33/555] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gage assembly for measuring a generally cylindrical workpiece defining a longitudinal axis, said gage assembly comprising:
at least one non-moving support member defining a support surface;
at least one gage block subassembly generally opposing said support surface and having a moveable contact located in spaced relation from said support surface so as to define a gaging space therebetween, said contact being moveable in a direction toward said support surface, said gage block assembly also including a measuring device coupled to said contact; and
a part handling member coupled to an actuator, said actuator adapted to transversely move said part handling member from a position contacting the workpiece on a first side of said gaging space to a position where the workpiece is in said gaging space and to a position where the workpiece is on an opposing side of said gaging space, whereby the workpiece is transversely passed between said support member and said gage block subassembly.