Mechanism for positioning a carrier
US5184525A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 15, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/20654
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A mobile component carrier in an instrument includes a disk with a scalloped periphery. A larger bearing and a smaller bearing are mounted on a support structure. The larger bearing has a radius greater, and the smaller bearing has a radius less than that of each of the scallops. The disk is urged into the bearings which have a relative spacing such that the larger bearing seats against two adjacent intersections of the scallops, and the smaller bearing seats against a dished surface between two other adjacent intersections.
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