Encoder apparatus
AssigneeRenishaw PLC
InventorsFinlay Jonathan EVANS, James Reynolds HENSHAW, Stephen Lindsey TOCKNELL
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Abstract
An encoder apparatus comprising a scale and a readhead assembly comprising a scale signal receiver. The scale and the scale signal receiver are located within a protective housing which is configured to protect them from contamination located outside the protective housing and comprises a seal through which the scale signal receiver can be connected to a part outside the protective housing. The arrangement of the scale signal receiver inside the protective housing is independent of the scale and protective housing.
Claims17
A readhead for an encoder apparatus comprising at least one vibration control device configured to vibrate independently of the rest of the readhead and configured to reduce a susceptibility of the readhead to vibrations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.