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Procedure and sliding support for a profilometer
Assignee: Institut Superieur d Etat de Surface ISES
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Filing: 1988-09-08
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Granted: 1992-04-21
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Expires: 2008-09-08
Abstract
Abstract A movable support (5) provided at its botton surface with a pad (19) made of antifriction material and slidable on a lapped reference surface (2). The movable support includes discharging jacks (8) which bear indirectly against the frame. The effort corresponding to the sum of the independent efforts of each jack must be lower than the effort exerted by the weight of the movable support and of its optional accessories, so as to minimize the difference between the sliding effort at the beginning and the friction effort of displacement in any direction on one plane and so as to limit, in the displacement referential X,Y,Z, the deviations of the geometrical positions of a sensor or of a tool. A motor (26) and a particular reducer drive the movable support in a translation direction X. There is provided a second drive unit for a translation in the direction Y. By using as an accessory a micrometric displacement table and a follower, it is possible to take tridimensional profilometric measurements.
Inventors
- 👤 Jacques Bielle
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 00:06
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01B; G01B5/00; G01B5/0002; G01B5/0011
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A displacement device having a mobile support slidable on a reference surface, said mobile support able to be fit with accessories including any of a part, sensor and tool, wherein forces are exerted on the mobile support so that the forces are distributed in a direction from a bottom of the support upwards, the displacement device comprising: mobile slides having an upper face that support the mobile support through a jack and roller devices; and said mobile support having a lower face fit with at least one skid having a low coefficient of friction as well as a self-lubricating, wear resistant, precision machinable bearing that contacts the reference surface, and said mobile support further including adjustable lateral alignment devices that contact the mobile slides.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A displacement device having a mobile support slidable on a reference surface, said mobile support able to be fit with accessories including any of a part, sensor and tool, wherein forces are exerted on the mobile support so that the forces are distributed in a direction from a bottom of the support upwards, the displacement device comprising: mobile slides having an upper face that support the mobile support through a jack and roller devices; and said mobile support having a lower face fit with at least one skid having a low coefficient of friction as well as a self-lubricating, wear resistant, precision machinable bearing that contacts the reference surface, and said mobile support further including adjustable lateral alignment devices that contact the mobile slides.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile support is prestressed within an elastic limit between internal faces of the mobile slides.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the lateral alignment devices include ball pistons, returned by a spring, and wherein a position of said ball pistons can be locked by a pressure screw.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the skid is made of one of polytetrafluoroethylene, and one of its derivatives, optionally including filler materials.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile support includes a bore fitted with a fixed self-aligning nut along a direction parallel to the mobile slides.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the displacement of the mobile support is obtained by means of a motor rigidly attached to mobile slides, a screw and a nut.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A device according to claim 6, wherein the screw has a small diameter and has at least one triangular shaped, case-hardened, quenched and ground thread.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the reference surface is an upper face of a pattern plate block made of a member selected from the group consisting of diabase, granite and ground stabilized cast-iron, said block being isostatically supported on three bearings rigidly attached to a chassis.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
A device according to claim 1, further comprising a table attached to the mobile support driven by a stepping motor micrometric forward advance system, and wherein a Z displacement is perpendicular to a plane of the reference surface.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A device according to claim 9, wherein an index of the table is fitted with a rod supporting a sensor, said rod being oriented perpendicular to the mobile slides.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A device according to claim 9, wherein a rotatable plate is inserted between the mobile support and the micrometric forward advance table.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
A device according to claim 9, wherein the support rod is fitted with a locking rod with an internal vibration absorbing coating.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is selected from the group consisting of a thermal, capacitive, fluid flow and optical reading dimensional measurement sensor.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile slides are rigidly attached to rods by a translation system including a motor, a reduction gear, a threaded rod, a yoke and self-aligning nut.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
A device according to claim 6 or 14, wherein the motor is an electric stepping motor fitted with a gear wheel reduction gear.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
63 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile support comprises a rotating plate, sliding on skids coated with an anti-friction material, with load relief being supplied through piston jacks sliding in bores machined in a support stand, and said piston jacks being fit at their upper end with a ball; wherein the mobile support is centered within a bore in the stand.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
70 words
A displacement procedure for sliding a measurement device having a mobile support optionally including at least one of a part, a sensor and a tool over a reference surface, said procedure comprising the steps of exerting distributed forces from a bottom in an upwards direction on the mobile support, wherein a sum of the forces is less than a weight of the mobile support to thereby guarantee isostatic load relief.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
70 words
A displacement procedure for sliding a measurement device having a mobile support optionally including at least one of a part, a sensor and a tool over a reference surface, said procedure comprising the steps of exerting distributed forces from a bottom in an upwards direction on the mobile support, wherein a sum of the forces is less than a weight of the mobile support to thereby guarantee isostatic load relief.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
44 words
A procedure according to claim 17, wherein the mobile support is rotatable and is slid over an annular surface, the exerting step including exerting forces at constant angular spacings on said mobile platform, wherein said forces are exerted over at least one concentric circle.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
39 words
A procedure according to claim 17 or 18, further comprising the step of applying the procedure for profiling meter measurements, wherein displacements are adapted to an operation function to be carried out by means of accessories along a Z-axis.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
40 words
A procedure according to claim 19, further comprising measuring three geometric depth deviation parameters, said parameters being shape deviation, rippling and roughness and micro-roughness, using a second sensor mounted on a micrometric forward motion table attached to the mobile support.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
29 words
A procedure according to claim 20, further comprising placing items to be tested on a support table rigidly fixed to the measurement device so that measurements may be taken.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
21 words
A procedure according to claim 20, further comprising performing measurements on large items by placing the device directly on the item.
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