WO2009104173A2 - Dispositif et procédé de mesure du contour d'un objet - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de mesure du contour d'un objet Download PDF

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WO2009104173A2
WO2009104173A2 PCT/IL2009/000142 IL2009000142W WO2009104173A2 WO 2009104173 A2 WO2009104173 A2 WO 2009104173A2 IL 2009000142 W IL2009000142 W IL 2009000142W WO 2009104173 A2 WO2009104173 A2 WO 2009104173A2
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
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  • the present invention in some embodiments thereof, relates to a method and apparatus for performing measurements and, more particularly, but not exclusively, to a method and apparatus for performing measurements using a flexible tapes.
  • Object position and orientation measuring apparatuses and systems are known in the prior art. Such apparatuses and systems are used for determining the position and orientation of remote objects in a wide variety of applications. During the last years, many apparatuses for measuring position and orientation of a remote object have been developed. These devices are based on electronic components, such as electronic distance sensors and clinometers. As such, the devices are relatively costly, have a limited shelf life, and depend on a power supply.
  • a measuring tape dispenser includes some widely recognized features such as a metal tape that is retractably mounted within a housing, a retraction means for retracting the tape through a housing opening, an end stop for preventing the free end of the tape from retracting into the housing, and a lock which releasably secures the tape in an extended position.
  • the tape is usually manufactured with lateral cross-section curvature created by having the tape's ends turned upward. This curvature also serves to differentiate the top side of the tape.
  • a key feature of the invention is that it has removable elements that make it possible to use the device with tile of any size.
  • a second key feature is a plurality of telescoping members that can be extended to varying lengths in order to describe the perimeter geometry that must be duplicated by cutting away a portion of the tile.
  • the invention is compatible with all tile and similar flat floor or wall coverings, such as pavers or carpet squares.
  • New measuring devices usually combine mechanical and electronic measurement units.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,142,793, filed on September 1, 1992 describes a digital linear measuring device includes a housing, a reel located within a housing and a measuring tape wound on the reel.
  • the measuring tape is extendable through an opening in the housing as the reel is rotated.
  • An incremental measuring means is associated with the reel for generating incremental measuring data and an absolute measuring means cooperates with the measuring tape for generating absolute measurement data as the measuring tape is extended.
  • a processing unit is responsive to both the incremental measurement data and to the absolute measurement data for generating output reflecting linear extension of the measuring tape from the housing, and a display is responsive to the processing unit for displaying information-reflecting the linear extension of the measuring tape from the housing.
  • a device for measuring at least a portion of a contour of an object comprises a support structure, at least one reference element for detachably position the support structure in a reference location in relation to the object, and a plurality of tape dispensers attached to the support structure, each the tape dispenser containing a flexible tape and configured for allowing a user to dispense an extended portion of the flexible tape in a selected angle in relation to the support structure, each the tape dispenser having a locking mechanism for locking the extended portion in the angle.
  • each the tape dispenser is configured for retracting the extended portion.
  • the support structure comprising at least one lockable joint mounted between each two of the plurality of tape dispensers and configured for allowing a user to set a relative angle between a first and a second of the plurality of tape dispensers and locking the at least one lockable joint in the relative angle.
  • the device further comprises at least one carrying element configured for supporting using the device for carrying a tile.
  • the object is mounted on a tile wall, the at least one reference element comprising an adjustment mechanism for allowing a user to tune the position according to a width of a designated tile gap in the tile wall.
  • the at least one reference element is a detachable reference element configured for being attached to the support structure from a plurality of sides.
  • the flexible tape is not marked with at least one of extension marks and angle marks.
  • the device further comprises a grip handle for allowing the user to firmly position the device.
  • each the tape dispenser is configured for dispensing a respective the flexible tape in six degrees of freedom in relation to the supporting construction.
  • the at least one reference element comprises at least one projection configured for anchoring the device on an edge of a group consisting of: a tile, a wall, and a surface.
  • a method for modeling a processed element according to a contour of an object is provided.
  • the method comprises locating a device comprising a plurality of flexible tapes in a reference location in relation to the object, allowing a user to promote contact between a plurality of ends of the plurality of flexible tapes and the object in a plurality of points along the contour by extending a portion of each the flexible tape in a selected angle, locking each the extended flexible tape in respective the selected angle, relocating the device to map the plurality of points on the processed element in a respective reference point in relation to a workspace, and modeling the processed element according to the plurality of points.
  • the object is selecting from a group consisting of a wall projection, a wall edge, a dent, a hole, a telephone socket, an opening, a designated marble surface edge location, a wall mounted tap, a wall mounted electric socket, a wall mounted ornament, and a wall modeled ornament.
  • the workspace is a processing space of a member of a group consisting of a tile cutter, a ceramic tile cutter, a box-cutter knife, a glass cutter, and a wood sawing apparatus.
  • the plurality of points comprises a plurality of non-collinear points.
  • the element is selected from a group consisting of a ceramic tile, marble surface, a metal sheet, a furniture wall, a furniture edge, and a piece of glass.
  • the object is mounted on a side of a wall the modeling is performed to mirror the contour on a parallel side of the wall.
  • the allowing comprises allowing the user to extend the portion in six degrees of freedom.
  • the modeling is performed without marking any processing contour lines on the processed element.
  • a method for mirroring a contour of an object comprises locating a device comprising a plurality of flexible tapes in a first location in relation to an object at a first plane, allowing a user to promote contact between a plurality of ends of the plurality of flexible tapes and a plurality of points on a contour of an object by extending a portion of each the flexible tape in a selected angle, locking each the portion in a respective the selected angle, and mirroring a contour of the object on a second plane.
  • first and second planes are first and second sides of a common wall.
  • FIG's. 1 and 2 are top and bottom schematic illustrations of a mechanical device for measuring at least a portion of a contour of an object and/or an orientation thereof, according to some embodiments of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is schematic illustrations of a mechanical device, such as the mechanical device that is depicted in FIG. 1, in a reference location on an exemplary tile floor, according to some embodiments of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for modeling a processed element according a map of a plurality of collinear and/or non-collinear points on the contour of an object, according to some embodiments of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of a support structure of a device for mirroring a contour of an object, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of a reference element of a device for mirroring a contour of an object, according to some embodiments of the present invention
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of a mechanical mirroring device for mirroring a contour of an object that has the reference element of FIG. 6 and the support structure of FIG. 5, according to some embodiments of the present invention
  • FIG's. 8 and 9 are schematic illustrations of using the mechanical mirroring device for mirroring the contour and optionally the orientation of a blind hole in a wall, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a method for mirroring a contour of an object, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic illustration of a tile spacer;
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic illustration of two mechanical devices-which are used for measuring the contour of an object or a single mechanical device which is sequentially positioned in two reference locations, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG's. 13 and 14 are schematic illustrations of a device for measuring 3 points which are part of a three dimensional (3D) contour of an object, according to some embodiments of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
  • the present invention in some embodiments thereof, relates to a method and apparatus for performing measurements and, more particularly, but not exclusively, to a method and apparatus for performing measurements using a flexible tapes.
  • a method and a mechanical measurement device for measuring the contour of an object, such as a wall ornament, a wall edge, a wall dent, a wall curve, a tap, and an electric socket.
  • the measuring allows processing an element, such as a tile, a metal sheet, a glass sheet, a marble surface, a wood surface, a plastic tile, a metal tile, a roof tile, a trunk of wood, a slab of stone, and/or any object with regular or irregular contours.
  • the device has a plurality of flexible tapes, optionally made from a bendable metal.
  • Each lockable tape dispenser has a locking mechanism that allows locking a portion of the flexible tape in various angles.
  • the plurality of flexible tapes are attached to a support structure fastened on top of a reference element.
  • the users position the measuring device, using the reference element, in a reference point, such as an edge of a tile in proximity to the object.
  • the user extends and diverts portions of the flexible tapes to promote contact between the ends of the flexible tapes and the contour of the object.
  • the portions may now be locked, using the locking mechanism, in the diverted angles.
  • the locked ends map points on the contour of the object. This mapping may be used for modeling an element according to the contour of the object, for example as outlined above and described below.
  • the tape dispensers are positioned on the same plane, allowing the mapping of points on a two dimensional (2D) portion of a contour of an object.
  • the tape dispensers may be designed to allow the user to extend portions of the flexible tapes in six degrees of freedom, thereby allowing the mapping of points on a three dimensional (3D) portion of a contour of an object.
  • the mechanical mirroring device comprises a plurality tape dispensers, for example as outlined above and described below.
  • the mechanical mirroring device further comprises a supporting structure and a detachable reference element that may be attached to the supporting structure from at least two sides.
  • the tape dispensers may be used for mirroring the contour of the object, for example as outlined above. Then, by flipping the side to which the detachable reference element is attached, and relocating the mechanical mirroring device to a new reference location, the user may mirror the contour of the object.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 are top and bottom schematic illustrations of a mechanical device 100 for measuring and/or marking at least a portion of a contour of an object, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • marking which is indicative of a certain measure may be referred to herein as measuring.
  • the mechanical device 100 comprises a plurality of tape dispensers 103 which are attached to a support structure 104.
  • Each tape dispenser 103 comprises a flexible tape 102, optionally wound as a reel, and a locking mechanism 106 for allowing a user to lock a portion, optionally any portion, of the flexible tape 102 and optionally the dispensers 103 in a selected . angle. It should be noted that though three tape dispensers 103 are depicted in FIGS.
  • any number of tape dispensers 103 may be attached to the support structure 104, for example 2, 4, 5, 10 and/or any intermediate number of tape dispensers.
  • each flexible tape has a stiffness level that allows it to be linearly pulled out from the tape dispensers 103 without having a support at the end thereof.
  • the stiffness level is similar and/or higher than the stiffness level of a commonly used metal measuring tape.
  • the flexible tape 102 has a lateral cross-section curvature created by having the tape's ends turned upward and/or downward.
  • the flexible tape 102 is marked with any distance or angle tags.
  • the flexible tape 102 is not marked with any distance or angle tags.
  • the support structure 104 is made of metal, such as aluminum, chromium, or iron, polymeric material, such as polytetrafluoroethene (PTFE), wood, fiberglass or the like.
  • the locking mechanism 106 comprises a screwing element 410 and a screw nut which is screwed thereto.
  • the screwing element 410 which is optionally attached, for example by welding and/or screwing, to the support structure 104, may be used as a rotation axis for the flexible tape in the tape dispenser 103 and through it the corresponding tapes 102 and/or for connecting the tape dispenser 103 to the support structure 104.
  • the screwing of the screw nut 411 applies pressure on the dispenser and the flexible tape 102 and the unscrewing of the screw nut 411 releases this pressure.
  • the locking mechanism 106 comprises a thread, optionally stretchable, which is attached to the support structure 104 positioned in the center the flexible tape reel in the tape dispenser 103 and a tension element 412 that is connected thereto and positioned above the center of the tape dispenser 103.
  • the tension element 412 may be positioned in pressuring and releasing orientations. When the tension element 412 is in pressuring orientation, as shown at 412, the tension element 412 is optionally parallel to the top of the tape dispenser 103 and a pressure is applied on the flexible tape 102 in the tape dispenser 103. Optionally, when the tension element 412 is in releasing orientation, the tension element 412 is inclined in relation to the top of the tape dispenser 103 and the applied pressure is released. It should be noted that various locking mechanisms are known and may be used for locking the flexible tape 102 in a selected angle and/or extension.
  • the mechanical device 100 may be used for performing various construction measuring tasks, such as measuring and/or marking the contour of an object in and/or on a planer surface, such as a wall and/or a floor.
  • the object may be as a projection, a dent, and/or a hole, in the planer surface and/or a projection, a dent, and/or a hole, in an element, such as furniture that is designed to be mounted on or in adjacent to the planer surface.
  • Such measurement allows processing an element, such as a ceramic tile, a marble surface, a metal sheet, a furniture wall and/or edge, a piece of glass and/or any other raw material that is about to be processed to match the contour of the object.
  • each dispenser 103 comprises a retraction mechanism (not shown) for retracting the flexible tape 102, optionally into a housing, such as shown at 109, through an aperture.
  • Retraction systems are well known in the art and generally include a coiled spring attached to one end of the flexible tape 102 that is coiled around the spring within the housing. As the flexible tape 102 is withdrawn through the aperture from the housing, the coiled spring is further coiled for the subsequent retraction of the flexible tape 102.
  • the mechanical device 100 further comprises a reference element 105 for detachably position the support structure 104 in a reference location in relation to the object.
  • the mechanical device 100 further comprises a grip handle 112 for allowing the user to detachably locating the mechanical device 100 in the reference location.
  • the grip handle 112 is attached to the support structure 104.
  • the grip handle 112 is made of a metal foil.
  • the grip handle 112 is ergonomically shaped for facilitating a comfortable handling and manipulation of the mechanical device 100.
  • the reference element 105 is a planer surface having one side that is connected to the support structure 104 and another side having one or more projections stoppers 115. The projection is designed for detachably fastening the mechanical devices 100 in a proximity to the objects.
  • the projections 115 are perpendicular to the support structure 104.
  • the projections 115 are curved or otherwise bended to allow the gripping of tile.
  • the projections 115 are adjustable, allowing the user to determine there length and/or angle in relation to the support structure 104.
  • the projection may comprise a number of folded surfaces.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a mechanical device, such as the mechanical device that is depicted in FIG. 1, in a reference location 201 on a tile floor 202, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • the object is a door frame that is positioned on a wall end 203, which are partly depicted in FIG. 3.
  • the reference element 105 is detachably positioned to contact the edges of one or more tiles which are already positioned on floor 202 in proximity to the wall 203 and/or spacer which is attached thereto.
  • Such a positioning allows the user to divert extended portions of the flexible tapes in selected angles toward contact points with the contour of the object 203, and to use the locking mechanisms 106 for locking the extended portion of flexible tapes 102 in the selected angles.
  • the ends of the locked flexible tapes map non-collinear and/or collinear points on the contour of the object.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart for the method for modeling a processed element according to a map of a plurality of points, optionally non-collinear, on the contour of an object, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • modeling means shaping, curving, cutting, gluing and/or otherwise processing.
  • the method is optionally implemented using a device that comprises a plurality of tape dispensers, for example as depicted in FIGS. 1-3.
  • the mechanical device 100 is detachably positioned in a reference location in relation to an object, for example as depicted in FIG. 3.
  • a contact between ends 401 of the flexible tapes and the object may be promoted by allowing to user to extend portions of the plurality of flexible tapes in various angles.
  • the user locks the tape dispensers to fixate the ends of the diverted and extended portions of the flexible tapes in contact with a plurality of points, optionally non collinear, on the contour of the object.
  • the mechanical device 100 has been located in a reference location 201 in proximity to the wall, the user extends and diverts the flexible tapes toward the object and locks the dispensers to maintain the extension and the diversion of the flexible tapes 102.
  • the ends 401 the flexible tapes 102 which are locked by the user in selected extinctions and diversions, define a portion of the contour of object.
  • the orientation of each end defines the angle and the distance of a respective point on the contour of the object from the mechanical device 100.
  • the points may be collinear points on a common linear wall side of the object, defining a slope, or on a plurality of non collinear points, allowing the user to map a curve, a dent, and/or any other no-linear feature of the object's contour.
  • the locked flexible tapes 102 in FIG. 3 define the contour of the left wall side shown at 203.
  • the device may be located in a reference location in a workspace.
  • a workspace may be a processing space of a tile cutter, such as a ceramic tile cutter, a parquet modeler, a box-cutter knife, a glass cutter, a wood sawing apparatus, and/or any other processing apparatus for processing any construction materials, such as ceramic, marble, stone, steel, concrete, and timber.
  • a tile cutter such as a ceramic tile cutter, a parquet modeler, a box-cutter knife, a glass cutter, a wood sawing apparatus, and/or any other processing apparatus for processing any construction materials, such as ceramic, marble, stone, steel, concrete, and timber.
  • the mechanical device 100 may by relocated to a workspace of a tile cutter and position in vertical and horizontal orientation in relation to a tile which correspond to the vertical and horizontal orientation of the reference location in which the mechanical device 100 was positioned for mapping the object contour, hi particular, if the device was positioned on a lateral edge of an adjacent tile, the workspace reference location may be determined by positioning the mechanical device 100 on a respective edge of a lose tile in proximity to a workspace containing a tile to process.
  • the element in the workspace may be modeled and/or marked according to the orientation of the ends 401 of the flexible tapes 102 in relation to the support structure 104 in the workspace reference location.
  • the ends 401 define a portion of the contour of object.
  • the orientation of the ends 401 may be used for modeling a portion of the element to match the contour of the object.
  • the mechanical device 100 is located to shape an element in a workspace such as a tile cutter, the ends 401 may be used as reference points that mark the contour according to which a tile may be cut.
  • the device 100 may be operated without them.
  • the user does not have to remember and/or check distances and/or angles as the length and diversion of the extended portions of the locked flexible tapes remain fixed, allowing the user to model different elements, such as tiles, according to the contour of the object that is mapped by the ends of the flexible tapes 102.
  • the device 100 there may be no need to mark the contour of the object on the processed element as the contour is mapped by the ends of the flexible tapes 102.
  • one or more of the flexible tapes 102 is used for orienting the device.
  • one of the flexible tapes 102 may be extended for measuring the distance between the reference location and the floor, allowing the user to relocate the device 100 in the same horizontal plane.
  • the mechanical device 100 comprises one or more carrying elements, such as projections, for carrying a lose tile to the workspace.
  • the user can use the carried tile for determining the reference location of the mechanical device 100 in relation to processed element.
  • a respective tile may be carried in an orientation that emulates the positioning of the mechanical device 100 in relation to this edge.
  • the mechanical device 100 is used for mirroring an orientation of an object that is mounted on a wall, such as a concrete wall, wood wall, cast wall, and/or any other partition on another wall and/or another side of the wall.
  • a wall such as a concrete wall, wood wall, cast wall, and/or any other partition on another wall and/or another side of the wall.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are schematic illustrations of components of a device for mirroring a contour of an object, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • the mechanical mirroring device comprises the support structure 104, the grip handle 112, and the plurality of flexible tapes 103 which are depicted in FIG. 1 and described in relation thereto.
  • FIG. 6 depicts a detachable reference element 601 that is optionally similar to the reference element that is shown in numeral 105 of FIG. 1.
  • the detachable reference element 601 may be detachably attached to the back of the support structure 104, for example as shown at FIG. 1 and to the front of the support structure 104, for example as shown at numeral 600 in FIG. 8.
  • the reference element 601 has an aperture 602 for allowing the attachment of the reference element 601 to the support structure 104 by using a fastener, such as a screw, a bolt, and/or a latch, a bend, and the like.
  • a fastener such as a screw, a bolt, and/or a latch, a bend, and the like.
  • the reference element 601 may be attached to the support structure 104 by positioning the screwing element 410 of one of the tape dispensers 103 in the aperture 602 and using the screw nut 411 for fixating the reference element 601.
  • the mechanical mirroring device 600 comprises a locking mechanism for detachably attaching the reference element 601 to the support structure 104.
  • the locking mechanism comprises one or more screw nuts which are designed to be screwed for fixating the reference element 601 to the top of the handle the screwing element 410.
  • the reference element 601 may be detachably attached to the support structure from lateral sides of the mechanical mirroring device 600. The ability to detachably fixate the reference element 601 to the support structure from two various sides allows mirroring an orientation and optionally at least a portion of a contour of an object that is mounted on or as a part of a wall and/or other processed surfaces.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 are schematic illustrations of using the mechanical mirroring device 600 for mirroring the contour and optionally the orientation of a rounded niche 701 in a wall 700, such as a blind hole, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart 800 of a method for mirroring a contour, and optionally an orientation of an object, such as an object that is mounted on wall and/or curved therein and/or projected therefrom, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • the mechanical mirroring device 600 is positioned in a reference location in relation to an object at a first side of a wall.
  • the object may be a carving, a niche, a dent, an electricity socket, a telephone socket, an opening, and/or any other distinguishable object that is mounted on and/or positioned in a wall.
  • a user may extend and/or divert the flexible tapes to promote contact between a plurality of ends of the plurality of flexible tapes and the contour of the object at the first side of the wall, for example as shown in FIG. 8 and similarly to the described above.
  • the tape dispensers may be locked for fixating the angle and extension of the flexible tapes in relation to the reference location.
  • the device with locked tape dispensers may be used for mirroring an orientation of the object on a workspace at a second side of the wall by locating the device in a mirror reference location in relation to the workspace.
  • the user may have an indication on the second side of the wall for a contour of an object that is positioned in the first side of the wall.
  • the mechanical mirroring device 600 is positioned in a reference mirroring location that is located on a parallel location, at the same height level, at the second side of the wall.
  • the orientation of the reference element 601 in relation to the flexible tapes 102 is flipped or inverted horizontally or vertically in relation to the plane on which they are extended, which may be referred to herein as the central plane.
  • the reference element 601 may be attached to the bottom and/or to the top of the support structure 104.
  • the orientation of the reference element 601 in relation to the flexible tapes 102 is flipped or inverted, as described above.
  • the mechanical mirroring device 600 comprises a flipped or inverted reference element (not shown) is fixated in a flipped or inverted orientation to the support structure.
  • the ends 401 of the plurality of flexible tapes 102 are now located at points which are at the same height and the same distance from the mechanical mirroring device 600 as the contact points between the object and the ends 401 of the plurality of flexible tapes 102 have been during the aforementioned fixating that is described above and depicted in 803.
  • the user may process the area that is parallel to the rounded contour of the blind hole 701 without having to draw marks on the wall and/or continuously and/or iteratively verifying the suitability of a selected workspace on the second side of the wall and the like.
  • the mechanical mirroring device may process the area that is parallel to the rounded contour of the blind hole 701 without having to draw marks on the wall and/or continuously and/or iteratively verifying the suitability of a selected workspace on the second side of the wall and the like.
  • the mechanical mirroring device 600 is used for mirroring the orientation of an object, which is mounted on and/or positioned in a first wall, on a second wall.
  • the mechanical mirroring device 600 may be used for mirroring the orientation of an electricity socket, a tap, or a niche in the wall on the wall of a furniture or one or more tiles.
  • Such mirroring allows the user to set up an aperture according to the contour of the object, for example in an orientation that allows the positioning of the furniture in adjacent to the first wall and the object in the aperture.
  • the mechanical device 100 comprises an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position of the reference element 105 in relation to the tape dispensers 103. Such adjustments may be used for may be made for adjusting the mapping of the points on the contour of the object.
  • the reference element 105 may have a number of projections 115.
  • the projections 115 are adjustable according to characteristics of the object and/or proximate artifacts or ornaments, such as tile spaces and outlines around the object. For example, if the object 203 is positioned on a tile wall, for example as shown at FIG.
  • the reference location is concomitantly to the edges of adjacent tiles. As such, the reference location does not reflect the space between the tiles.
  • the projections 115 are maneuvered in a track or a designated movement space, along an axis according to the width of space.
  • maneuvering the projections 115 toward the object 203 diminishes the length of the flexible tapes' extension as if the reference location of the mechanical device 100 is inline with a line that is parallel to the edge of the tile, forming a gap between the tiles, for example for a layer of grout, and not as if the reference location is inline with the edges of the tiles.
  • the device may be relocated to a reference location in a workspace, on an edge of a tile that is not attached to a wall.
  • the flexible tapes now emulate the orientation and a portion of the contour of the object with reference to the space between tiles that surrounds the object.
  • the projections 115 are positioned in a track, optionally marked with tile space widths.
  • the marking allows the user to manually adjust the projections' orientation according to a preferred tile space width.
  • the optional tile space may be defined according to the width of a leg of a tile spacer, such as the leg that is indicated in numeral 901 of FIG. 11.
  • the user may use a tile spacer having the same properties as the tile spacers which are used for forming the space between the tiles for adjusting the projections 115.
  • the user positions the tile spacer's leg 901 in each one of the projections' grooves.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic illustration of a mechanical device 100 which is used for measuring the contour of an object from two reference locations, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • the mechanical device 100 and the object 203 are optionally as described in relation to FIG. 3.
  • the positioning of the mechanical device 100 is used for measuring different portions of the contour of the object 203. In such a manner, more data pertaining to the contour may be gathered. It should be noted that the same mechanical device 100 may be positioned in different reference locations and/or a number of devices 100 may be used simultaneously for measuring the different portions.
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 are schematic illustrations of a device 950 for measuring a three dimensional (3D) contour of an object, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • the tape dispensers 103, the flexible tapes 102, and the grip handle 112 are described in relation to FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the device 950 further comprises a set of lockable joints 905; each positioned between two tape dispensers 103 and designed for allowing the user to change the orientation of one tape dispenser in relation to another.
  • each tape dispenser 103 is positioned on a dispenser support element 952 having first and second arms 953, 954.
  • the first arm 953 is connected to a cap 955, optionally hemispheric, having one or more locking screws 956.
  • the second arm 954 is connected to a spherical element 957 that is sized and shaped to be slidably positioned in a cap on an arm of a metal plate that is attached to another tape dispenser, such as the cap 955.
  • the user uses the one or more locking screws 956 for fixating the orientation of the tape dispenser 103 that is attached to the dispenser support element 952 in relation to adjacent tape dispensers 960 which are attached to the arms 953, 954.
  • the structure of the first and second arms 953, 954 allows concatenating any number of dispenser support elements.
  • the device 950 may include 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, and 15 concatenated dispenser support elements.
  • the structure of the dispenser support elements 952 allows concatenating any number of tape dispensers 103.
  • Each tape dispenser 103 may be used for marking another point on the 3D contour of the object.
  • the lockable joints 950 allow the user to maneuver and/or fixate the tape dispensers 103 in various horizontal and vertical angles in relation to one another. In such a manner, the user may maneuver the ends of the flexible tapes 102 in six degrees of freedom in relation to a space that is in front of the support structure 104.
  • the extension of the flexible tape allows forward and backward movements of the flexible tapes' ends in relation to the space
  • the lockable joint adjustment allows tilting movements, such as up and down, of the flexible tapes' ends in relation to the space.
  • the device 950 may be used for processing an element according to the counter and/or orientation that is marked by the flexible tapes' ends.
  • the device 950 is relocated to a reference point in relation to a workspace and allows 3D modeling according to the flexible tapes' ends orientation.
  • 3D modeling means 3D shaping, 3D curving, 3D cutting, and/or otherwise processing an object or an element in 3D.
  • composition or method may include additional ingredients and/or steps, but only if the additional ingredients and/or steps do not materially alter the basic and novel characteristics of the claimed composition or method.
  • the singular form “a”, “an” and “the” include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
  • the term “a compound” or “at least one compound” may include a plurality of compounds, including mixtures thereof.
  • range format is merely for convenience and brevity and should not be construed as an inflexible limitation on the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the description of a range should be considered to have specifically disclosed all the possible subranges as well as individual numerical values within that range. For example, description of a range such as from 1 to 6 should be considered to have specifically disclosed subranges such as from 1 to 3, from 1 to 4, from 1 to 5, from 2 to 4, from 2 to 6, from 3 to 6 etc., as well as individual numbers within that range, for example, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. This applies regardless of the breadth of the range.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif destiné à mesurer au moins une partie du contour d'un objet. Le dispositif comprend une structure de support, au moins un élément de référence destiné à positionner de façon détachable la structure de support à un emplacement de référence par rapport à l'objet, et une pluralité de dévidoirs de ruban fixés à la structure de support, chaque dévidoir de ruban contenant un ruban souple et étant configuré de façon à permettre à un utilisateur de dévider une partie déployée du ruban souple sous un angle choisi par rapport à la structure de support, chaque dévidoir de ruban étant muni d'un mécanisme de blocage destiné à bloquer la partie déployée sous l'angle en question.
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