| US 7,594,449 B2 | ||
| Holder armature for an interchangeable measuring probe | ||
| Michael Tottewitz, Karlsdorf-Neuthard (Germany); and Daniel Caderas, Lohn (Switzerland) | ||
| Assigned to Mettler-Toledo AG, Greifensee (Switzerland) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 09, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/463,319. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 05107332 (EP), filed on Aug. 10, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0034028 A1, Feb. 15, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01D 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 73—866.5 | 23 Claims |
| 1. An armature for an interchangeable measuring probe having a sensor with a sensitive element at a first end of the measuring
probe and a sensor head at a second end thereof, comprising:
a housing;
a drive mechanism housing;
a drive mechanism arranged in the drive mechanism housing;
a housing attachment, arranged between the housing and the drive mechanism housing, the housing attachment being releasably
connected to the housing;
an immersion tube, adapted for removably receiving therein at least the sensor and the sensitive element, the immersion tube
being axially movable in the housing between a rest position and a measuring position, with the entire immersion tube remaining
outside of the housing attachment and the sensor head remaining outside of the drive mechanism housing, during the axial movement
when the measuring probe is received in the immersion tube; and
a drive element that releasably couples the immersion tube to the drive mechanism.
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