Encoder strip mounting system
AssigneeHrwlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMatt G DRIGGERS, Drew BERWAGER
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Abstract
In one example, an encoder strip mounting system includes an encoder strip having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an intermediate part between the first end and the second end, and a retainer to prevent the intermediate part of the encoder strip from shifting lengthwise with respect to an anchor point for the retainer located within a span of the intermediate part of the encoder strip.
Claims15
An encoder strip mounting system, comprising:
- an encoder strip having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an intermediate part between the first end and the second end;
- and
- a retainer to prevent the intermediate part of the encoder strip from shifting lengthwise with respect to an anchor point for the retainer located within a span of the intermediate part of the encoder strip.
An encoder strip mounting system, comprising:
- an encoder strip having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an intermediate part between the first end and the second end;
- a first anchor anchoring the first end of the encoder strip;
- a second anchor anchoring the second end of the encoder strip;
- a third anchor anchoring the intermediate part of the encoder strip to an intermediate anchor point;
- and
- a retainer connected between the third anchor and the intermediate part of the encoder strip, the retainer being rigid in a lengthwise direction to prevent the intermediate part of the encoder strip from shifting lengthwise with respect to the intermediate anchor point.
A position sensing system for an additive manufacturing machine having a work area within which an object is built and a carriage operatively connected to the encoder strip to carry a manufacturing component back and forth over the work area, the system comprising:
- a linear encoder strip having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an intermediate part between the first end and the second end, and markings on the intermediate part of the encoder strip to indicate position lengthwise within the work area;
- a reader on the carriage to read the markings on the intermediate part of the encoder strip;
- a first anchor anchoring the first end of the encoder strip;
- a second anchor anchoring the second end of the encoder strip;
- a third anchor anchoring the intermediate part of the encoder strip lengthwise at an intermediate anchor point within a length of the work area;
- and
- a retainer connected between the third anchor and the intermediate part of the encoder strip to prevent the intermediate part of the encoder strip from shifting lengthwise with respect to the intermediate anchor point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.