Method and device for mechanically adjusting graduation-scale carrier members

A device for mechanically adjusting a first graduation-scale carrier member relative to a base in a measuring direction, a cut-out being provided in the first graduation-scale carrier member, the device comprising;

• an adjusting device for mating with the cut-out, the first graduation-scale carrier member having a wedge-shaped segment, and the adjusting device including a fixing element surrounding the wedge-shaped segment and setting screws fastening the adjusting device to the base, the fixing element having a wedge shaped cut-out cooperating with the wedge shaped segment exerting a force on the first graduation-scale carrier member in the measuring direction when a force orthogonal to the measuring direction is exerted on the fixing element.

A method for mechanically adjusting a first graduation-scale carrier member in a measuring direction, a cut-out being provided in the first graduation-scale carrier member, the method comprising:

• mating an adjusting device to the cut-out;
• and
• adjusting setting screws in a fixing element of the adjusting device to exert a force orthogonal to a plane of the measuring direction onto the fixing element, the force being converted by wedge-shaped form locking connections between the fixing element and a corresponding segment of the first graduation-scale carrier member into an adjusting force acting in the plane of the measuring direction on the first graduation-scale carrier member, the adjusting force having a component in the measuring direction and another component orthogonal to the measuring direction, such that the first graduation-scale carrier member is held fixed orthogonally to the measuring direction and is shifted parallel to the measuring direction.