Device for relative positioning of two objects
AssigneeMecalix S.A.
InventorJean D. de Cuissart
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for relative positioning of two objects, which comprises a means with a ball provided a spherical bearing surface between two objects and a means with a cylindrical bar providing a cylindrical bearing surface between the two objects and a means with a truncated ball providing a planar bearing surface between the two objects. This device applies for example to the accurate positioning of measuring assemblies which must be frequently removed and repositioned in automatic checking machines.
Claims8
A device for the relative positioning of first and second objects through the medium of three points spaced from each other, comprising:
- a first ball connected with said first object and coming into contact with a corresponding hollow spherical supporting surface provided in said second object;
- a second ball connected with said first object and having a planar bearing surface formed thereon cooperating with a planar supporting surface provided on said second object;
- and at least one cylindrical supporting surface connected with said second object and cooperating with a cylindrical guiding abutment connected with said first object, said cylindrical guiding abutment having an axis which substantially passes through the center of said first ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.