Device for the suspension and translational guidance of an item of apparatus and item of apparatus equipped with such a device
US5859731A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 16, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B7/023
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for the suspension and translational guidance of an item of apparatus (1) intended to be displaced, parallel to its longitudinal axis (X--X) with respect to a stationary support (2), having one pair of suspension elements (4A, 4B) spaced along said longitudinal axis (X--X) while being flexible parallel to said axis, and controllable actuating means (10) intended to exert a force parallel to said axis (X--X) on said suspension elements. According to the invention, each of said suspension elements (4A, 4B) consists of at least one pair of blades (5A, 5B, 6A, 6B), one end of one of said blades being secured to said support (2) and one end of the other of said blades being secured to said item of apparatus (1), the other ends of said blades being secured to each other.
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