Abstract: A device for changing styli or probes in a coordinate measuring machine has a magazine (330) with several stations each holding a stylus or probe (320). A holder (310) on the quill of the coordinate measuring machine has an opening (313A), so that kinematic support elements (325) in the holder (310) can be moved underneath cooperating kinematic support elements (324) on the stylus (320). The holder (310) is then lifted up to engage the kinematic support elements, and the stylus can then be carried horizontally out of the magazine (30). During this operation, the kinematic support elements are biased into engagement initially by a leaf spring (335), and subsequently by a spring-loaded arm (314) in the holder (310), which bears against the top of a plate (322) of the stylus (320). When the holder (310) is engaged in the magazine (330), an extension plate (334) causes the arm (314) to swing out of the way.

Abstract: This invention provides an aqueous gel composition which is adapted for application on the surface of articles to achieve a sharply defined multicolor pattern effect.The aqueous gel composition consists of an aqueous gel matrix which has dispersed therein one or more immiscible colorant gel phases.