1996-09-16
1998-01-27
Downs, Robert W.
33559, 33560, 33561, G05B 1500
Patent
active
057129614
ABSTRACT:
A contact type sensor for sensing an object includes a body; and a contacting member which contacts the body and a shaft. One end of the shaft is connected to the body of the sensor and another end of the shaft supports the contacting member. The shaft is rotatable within a predetermined plane, and the shaft is more flexible in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined plane than in a direction parallel to the predetermined plane.
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Downs Robert W.
Minolta Co. , Ltd.
Smith Jeffrey S.
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