Device for rotating a specimen about two orthogonal axes
AssigneeHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin FüR Materialien Und Energie GmbH
InventorAndrei Varykhalov
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Abstract
Described herein is a device for rotating a specimen about two orthogonal axes independently, the device comprising at least the following components: a base, a socket which is arranged on the base and rotatable about a first axis, wherein the device further comprises a specimen holder which is arranged rotatably about a perpendicular second axis on the socket and wherein a center of a specimen receptacle at one end of the specimen holder coincides with an intersection of the first and the second axes, wherein the device further comprises a crank mechanism or a traversing winch for rotating the socket about the first axis, wherein another traversing winch having a linear transmission direction for rotation is arranged for rotating the specimen holder about the second axis.
Claims7
A device for rotating a specimen about two orthogonal axes, comprising at least
- a base (18, 18′, 18″),
- a socket (1) which is arranged on the base (18, 18′, 18″) and rotatable about a first axis, which lies in particular outside the socket (1),
- a specimen holder (2) which is arranged rotatably about a second axis on the socket (1) and wherein the second axis is oriented perpendicularly to the first axis and wherein a center of a specimen receptacle (4) at one end of the specimen holder (2) coincides with an intersection of the first and the second axes,
- mechanical means for rotating the socket (1) about the first axis,
- mechanical means for rotating the specimen holder (2) about the second axis, comprising a linear transmission direction for the rotation and
- wherein
- the linear transmission direction of rotation of the mechanical means for rotation of the specimen holder (2) about the second axis coincides with the first axis,
- wherein the mechanical means for rotation about the second axis is constituted by a first traversing winch (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16).
A device for rotating a specimen about two orthogonal axes, comprising at least
- a base (18, 18′, 18″),
- a socket (1) which is arranged on the base (18, 18′, 18″) and rotatable about a first axis, which lies in particular outside the socket (1),
- a specimen holder (2) which is arranged rotatably about a second axis on the socket (1) and wherein the second axis is oriented perpendicularly to the first axis and wherein a center of a specimen receptacle (4) at one end of the specimen holder (2) coincides with an intersection of the first and the second axes,
- mechanical means for rotating the socket (1) about the first axis,
- mechanical means for rotating the specimen holder (2) about the second axis, comprising a linear transmission direction for the rotation and
- wherein the linear transmission direction of rotation of the mechanical means for rotation of the specimen holder (2) about the second axis coincides with the first axis, wherein the mechanical means for rotation about the first axis is constituted by a crank mechanism (14, 15, 23).
A device for rotating a specimen about two orthogonal axes, comprising at least
- a base (18, 18′, 18″),
- a socket (1) which is arranged on the base (18, 18′, 18″) and rotatable about a first axis, which lies in particular outside the socket (1),
- a specimen holder (2) which is arranged rotatably about a second axis on the socket (1) and wherein the second axis is oriented perpendicularly to the first axis and wherein a center of a specimen receptacle (4) at one end of the specimen holder (2) coincides with an intersection of the first and the second axes,
- mechanical means for rotating the socket (1) about the first axis,
- mechanical means for rotating the specimen holder (2) about the second axis, comprising a linear transmission direction for the rotation and
- wherein the linear transmission direction of rotation of the mechanical means for rotation of the specimen holder (2) about the second axis coincides with the first axis,
- the mechanical means for rotation about the first axis is constituted by a traversing winch (26, 27, 28, 29).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.