Patent · US Expired

Hard static balancing machine

US4467650A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1982
Grant dateAug 28, 1984
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01M1/12
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vertical static balancer incorporating novel methods for workpiece support and pivoting, restoring force spring placement, and means for transmission of motion and force therebetween. A single-element flexure pivot provides workpiece support while permitting near frictionless tilting movement around a vertical axis. Restoring force springs, separate from the pivoting function, are interchangeable to readily alter machine capacity. A rigid tubular member transmits unbalance effects from the workpiece to springs and displacement transducers attached thereto. Simplified electrical circuitry enables data to be transmitted from panel controls to a digital computer by means of a single conductor.

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