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Motor-operated adjusting device for machines

US5574350A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateOct 25, 1994
Grant dateNov 12, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P90/02
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A motor-operated adjusting device is provided for adjusting machine axles. The device includes an addressable unit, an operating unit for executing control functions for adjusting a position of an axle to be adjusted, a bus coupling the operating unit to the addressable unit, and an adjusting unit. The adjusting unit includes a path indicator for indicating the position of the axle to be adjusted, a gear connected to the axle and a motor connected via the gear to the axle for adjusting the position of the axle, the motor and the output of the path indicator being connected via the addressable unit and the bus to the operating unit so that the operating unit can instruct the motor via the addressable unit to adjust the position of the axle in dependence of the position of the axle as indicated by the path indicator.

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