Measuring device and method for measuring the position of bodies

Measuring device (1) for measuring a position of a first body (2) relative to a second body (3), the second body being neighboured to the first body (2) and being movable relative to the first body (2), wherein the measuring device (1) comprises:

• a scale band (4) that can be attached to the first body (2) and the scale band comprises a marker, and
• a first marker detection sensor and a second marker detection sensor (5, 6) that can be attached to the second body (3), wherein the marker is formed as a pattern of a plurality of marker stripes (7), the pattern transitioning (8) from a respective marker stripe of the plurality of marker stripes (7) to a neighboured marker stripe of the plurality of marker stripes (7) between a first position (9) on the scale band (4) and a second position (10) on the scale band, and the second position being arranged in a longitudinal direction of the scale band (4) at a distance to the first position (9), each marker stripe is respectively arranged to have a predetermined incline to a transverse direction (12) of the scale band (4) forming a respective inclination angle (13) such that each of the inclination angles (13) of a respective marker stripe has a value that differs from the value of the inclination angle of a respective neighboured marker stripe,
• wherein the scale band (4) is divided along a centre into a first trace and a second trace (17, 18), wherein the first marker detection sensor (5) is arranged neighboured to the first trace (17) for detecting the inclination angle (13) on a portion of one of the marker stripe transitions (8) disposed in the first trace and the second marker detection sensor (6) is arranged neighboured to the second trace (18) for detecting the inclination angle (13) of a second portion of the marker stripe transition (8) disposed in the second trace, the first marker detection sensor and the second marker detection sensor (5, 6) are arranged next to each other and each is disposed between the first position (9) and the second position (10), so that the position of the first body (2) relative to the second body (3) can be determined as the first sensor and second sensor move between the first and the second position (9, 10) by detecting the inclination angle (13) within each trace of the respective marker stripes disposed between the first position and the second position.