HARDNESS TESTER

To provide a hardness tester that does not require a position exchange operation of exchanging the positions of indenter driving means and imaging means.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a hardness tester having an indenter for running a test of the hardness of a sample by pressing an indenter against the sample. The tester includes: imaging means which can take an image of the position of the intersection between a center axis and the sample while the indenter is being arranged on the center axis, the center axis extending through the center of the indenter into a direction in which the indenter can move; and driving means for pressing the indenter against the sample by moving the indenter along the center axis.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】圧子駆動手段と撮像手段との位置交換動作を不要にした硬さ試験機を提供することである。【解決手段】本発明は、圧子を有し、前記圧子を試料に押し当てて前記試料の硬さ試験を行う硬さ試験機であって、前記圧子の中心を通り前記圧子の移動可能な方向に延びる軸を中心軸とし、前記圧子が前記中心軸上に配置された状態で、前記中心軸と前記試料との交点位置を撮影可能な撮影手段と、前記圧子を前記中心軸に沿って移動させることで前記圧子を前記試料に押し当てる駆動手段と、を有する、ことを特徴とする。【選択図】図１