Abstract: A marking utensil comprises an elongated body having opposite ends, with the body defining a plurality of outwardly-directed surfaces between the ends. A scale is displayed on at least one surface of the plurality, with at least one surface of the plurality configured for placement along an exteriority of the article to facilitate a measurement thereof. The scale may display U.S. Customary (i.e., inches) and/or Metric International System (i.e., centimeters) Units of measure. A marking tip is located at one end of the body while a reference guide is located at the body's other end.

Abstract: A shingle testing tool includes a base member and an inclined shingle support plate. The inclined shingle support plate intersects a first end of the base member at a leading convex edge. The inclined shingle support plate defines one or more shingle structural reliability measurement graduations. The shingle testing tool can be used to determine if a damaged shingle can be replaced without damage to another shingle overlapping the damage shingle.

Abstract: A coordinate measurement machine (CMM) may include a manually-positionable articulated arm including a plurality of arm segments and a plurality of rotary joints. At least one of the rotary joints includes first and second bearings and a shaft that engages the first bearing and the second bearing. The shaft may have two ends, each end configured to engage a respective one of two projections of a yoke of an adjacent another one of the rotary joints such that the two projections of the yoke straddle the first and second bearings therebetween. At least one transducer is disposed adjacent one of the two ends of the shaft, outside of the yoke, not between the first and second bearings.

Abstract: A rail infrastructure monitoring system enables integrated continuous monitoring and analysis of above and below rail assets, providing passenger and freight operators an end-to-end solution. Embodiments of the system comprise monitoring, coordinator control and display, communications, and business integration. Modern rail and transport techniques of providing integrated logistics are supported, offering improved safety, reduced total cost of ownership and the ability to increase capacity. Also, identification of links between different sets of data in ‘real time’ across all monitored infrastructure is enabled. Field hardware includes three modules: control; wagon master; and sensor, the latter communicating wirelessly with a wagon master module, and each sensor module is associated with a respective wagon or portion of below rail infrastructure.

Abstract: The invention is a method and measuring device configured for measurement by comparing the an area of interest or object with an object of comparable size and/or shape. This invention may be most useful when recording and classifying evidence. The measuring device should be portable and comprised of a flat, straight elongated member with measuring indicia along one or both the measuring edges, wherein the measuring indicia corresponds with values with labels of the standard sizes of comparable objects. The measuring indicia extends along the length of the measuring edge and the labels indicate the closest sized object. Other measuring indicia along the length of the measuring edge may also correspond to standard measurement units. The method should directly correlate a measurement with a comparable object for the purpose of recording evidence.

Abstract: A skate blade alignment system used to align a skate blade sharpening system. The skate alignment system can align a grinding wheel for sharpening a skate blade secured within the skate blade sharpening system. A controller can enable alignment operations and control an alignment process.

Abstract: A framing tool supports one end of beam member while the other end of the beam is secured to another beam or structure. The framing tool includes a support portion, a receiving portion and a strap. The strap wraps around a beam member to secure the beam member within the receiving portion. The support portion holds one end of the beam member in place so that an installer may secure the other end of the beam member without the aid of another installer.

Abstract: A measurement device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is a measurement device that measures a position of an annual part to be measured that is arranged at an opening edge of a hole formed in a member to be measured, and the measurement device includes: a probe that is displaceable in an axial direction; a holder that holds the probe; and a measurement instrument that measures displacement of the probe in the axial direction. The probe includes an inclined portion at an tip end of the probe, the inclined portion being inclined relative to a central axis of the probe at an angle equal to an angle defined between a central axis of the hole in the member to be measured and a horizontal plane in a state in which the member to be measured is mounted on the horizontal plane.

Abstract: A device 1 mountable to an upright ST. The device comprises a body 3 and an arm 5. The body is reversible relative to the upright, about an upright axis, from a first orientation to a second orientation. The body comprises first contacting portions 3a (arranged to contact a front of the upright when the body is in the first orientation) and second contacting portions 3b (arranged to contact a front of the upright when the body is in the second orientation). The arm is movable relative to the body from a first position (in which the arm extends rearwardly beyond the first contacting portions to pass one side of the upright and engage a rear of the upright) to a second position (in which the arm extends rearwardly beyond the second contacting portions to pass another side of the upright and engage the rear of the upright).

Abstract: The disclosure presents templates that can be useful in construction. Embodiments of the templates include a face, and two or more indicators. The indicators are located at one or more predetermined intervals on the face, and each indicator defines a window. Each window is of a predetermined length, and each indicator is coded to indicate that each indicator is located at one of the one or more predetermined intervals.

Abstract: A high-precision intelligent centering device, consisting of a symmetrical synchronous centering mechanism. The invention can meet the needs of wheel centering in use with the ideal effect and high efficiency. Work is safe and reliable, degree of automation is high, and it is especially suitable for mass production on the production line.

Abstract: An article of manufacture for providing a magnetic laser stud finder according to the present invention is a magnetic laser stud finder including a device body having a first end, a second end, a top surface and a bottom surface, a cross beam laser device projecting from the first end, a pair of magnets coupled within the bottom surface of the device body, and a pair of float level devices coupled within the top surface of the device body. The pair of float level devices are configured to provide orthogonally positioned devices providing a horizontal level and a vertical level.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a tilting controller that measures foot-related human biomechanical data. The tilting controller for measuring foot-related human biomechanical data includes a mechanism having a foot hold on which a rear foot portion is placed, and a control module that tilts the foot hold by controlling the mechanism portion.

Abstract: A measuring tape arrangement is used in an elevator system for determining a position of an elevator car along a travel path. The measuring tape arrangement has a one-piece measuring tape arranged along the travel path, wherein varying location information is stored along the measuring tape, by which information a current position of the car relative to the measuring tape can be determined, and a retaining structure arranged at an upper end of the travel path on which structure the measuring tape is fastened by a fastening device at a fixed position relative to the travel path. A receiving device receiving a measuring tape supply is arranged on the retaining structure, wherein a measuring tape piece of the measuring tape supply can arranged along an extension portion when the travel path is extended upwards by one extension portion.

Abstract: A flexible measuring ruler includes a flexible ruler body and a measuring device, a conductive layer is disposed on the flexible ruler body, which regularly arranged along a length of the flexible ruler body, a linear resistance of the conductive layer changes regularly along the length of the flexible ruler body; the measuring device includes a data collector and a date processor, the data collector includes a resistance measuring circuit including positive and negative probes, when measuring with the flexible ruler body, the data processor converts a resistance value measured by the data collector into a length value based on a variation rule of the linear resistance of the conductive layer along the length direction of the flexible ruler body. The flexible measuring ruler has a simple structure principle, easy operation and high measurement accuracy.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for aligning a crosshead of a mud pump with the fluid end of the mud pump without having to remove the rod system (piston rod, extension rod) of the pump. The apparatus comprises a dial indicator which measures differential distance and a connection component for connecting the apparatus directly or indirectly to the crosshead. The method and apparatus allow the establishment of perpendicularity and concentricity of the crosshead with respect to the bore in the fluid end of the pump.

Abstract: A hard-wired measurement device is mountable within an enclosure of a computer-controlled machine tool. The device includes a measurement sensor for measuring objects, such as tools, within the machine tool enclosure and a hard-wired interface module for providing an electrical connection via one or more wires with an associated external interface located outside of the machine tool enclosure. The device further includes a wireless communications module that enables wireless communication with an associated wireless device, such as a spindle probe, located within the machine tool enclosure.

Abstract: A method for configuring a device for non-destructive testing of a mechanical part, the device including an optical motion-tracking system, a non-destructive testing probe fixedly linked to a first rigid body, and a pointing device, includes steps of: learning of an origin and of axes of an examination area of the surface of the mechanical part using the pointing device, in a coordinate system linked to the optical motion-tracking system, so as to define a coordinate system linked to the examination area, learning of an origin and of axes of an emitter and receiver surface, called active surface, of the probe using the pointing device, in a coordinate system linked to the first rigid body of the probe, and determination of the position and of the orientation of the active surface of the probe, in the coordinate system linked to the examination area.

Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, an obstacle detector to detect an obstacle in a vicinity of the vehicle body, at least one lamp to be lighted on a peripheral portion of the vehicle body, and an attachment bracket attached to the vehicle body. The attachment bracket includes an attachment body including a detector-attaching portion to which the obstacle detector is attached, and at least one lamp-attaching portion to which the at least one lamp is attached.

Abstract: Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a sprocket wear gauge. The sprocket wear gauge comprises a first plate having a first opening of a first diameter and a second plate having a second opening of a second diameter. The first plate is mounted on one end of adjacent sprocket teeth of a plurality of sprocket teeth of a sprocket wheel. The second plate is mounted on an opposite end of the adjacent sprocket teeth of a plurality of sprocket teeth of a sprocket wheel. The first plate and the second plate are attached to each other using screws. A cylindrical pin is placed between the adjacent sprocket teeth and is configured to pass through at least one of the first opening of the first plate and the second opening of the second plate.