Process and device for determining the condition of machines with several measuring points
First Claim
1. A method of identifying a measuring site on a machine, comprising the steps of:
- defining a plurality of encoding elements, with each encoding elements having a plurality of working conditions, and each encoding element is defining in one of the working conditions;
engaging a plurality of contact units with the plurality of encoding elements, so that each contact unit reflects the working conditions of an encoding element;
generating an electric signal for each contact unit, the electric signal being indicative of the working condition of the encoding element, wherein the electrical signal is generated by;
providing an input signal to the contact unit, the input signal having a magnitude, andinfluencing the magnitude of the input signal as a function of the working condition of the encoding element to generate the electric signal by varying the resistance of a conductive pathway for the input signal; and
identifying the measuring site based on the electric signals representative of the working conditions of the encoding elements.
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Abstract
The proposal is for a process and device making it possible to determine the condition of one or more machines (3) at several measuring points by means of a measuring head (MK) with measurement transducers (MW) which can be releasably fitted there and to supply to a computer the relevant measurement signal together with the characteristic data therefore obtained at the measuring point concerned. The invention lies in the special nature of the obtaining of the characteristic data. For this purpose there are at each measuring point special coding elements (5) adjustable between two possible operating states which work together with an allocated contact device (K, K'"'"') in the attached measuring head (MK) and, depending on the set operating state, permanently affect it or leave it unaffected, from which a characteristic electric signal is generated in the measuring head (MK) for each contact device (I, K'"'"') which, depending on the operative position of the appropriate coding element (5), has one or other two different possible values. The individual electric signals generated for each coding element are then fed into the computer in parallel or series as the characteristic signal of the relevant measuring point.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of identifying a measuring site on a machine, comprising the steps of:
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defining a plurality of encoding elements, with each encoding elements having a plurality of working conditions, and each encoding element is defining in one of the working conditions; engaging a plurality of contact units with the plurality of encoding elements, so that each contact unit reflects the working conditions of an encoding element; generating an electric signal for each contact unit, the electric signal being indicative of the working condition of the encoding element, wherein the electrical signal is generated by; providing an input signal to the contact unit, the input signal having a magnitude, and influencing the magnitude of the input signal as a function of the working condition of the encoding element to generate the electric signal by varying the resistance of a conductive pathway for the input signal; and identifying the measuring site based on the electric signals representative of the working conditions of the encoding elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for producing signals identifying a measuring site on a machine, comprising:
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a mounting piece attached to the machine; a plurality of encoding elements attached to said mounting piece and arranged in a fixed special pattern, with each said encoding element having a plurality of working conditions, and with said encoding elements collectively acting as an identification of the measuring site; a head assembly which is constructed to be removeably engaged to said mounting piece; a plurality of contact units attached to said head assembly;
with each contact unit corresponding to one encoding element;means carried by said head assembly for generating a plurality of electric signals corresponding to said contact units, the electric signals being indicative of the working conditions of said encoding elements; means for receiving the electric signals; and means for identifying the measuring site based on the electric signals representative of the working conditions of the encoding elements. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for producing signals identifying a measuring site on a machine carrying a mounting piece, a plurality of encoding elements attached to the mounting piece and arranged in a fixed special pattern, with each encoding element having a plurality of working conditions, and with the encoding elements collectively acting as an identification of the measuring site, comprising:
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a head assembly which is constructed to be removeably engaged to the mounting piece; a plurality of contact units attached to said head assembly;
with each contact unit corresponding to one encoding element;means carried by said head assembly for generating a plurality of electric signals corresponding to said contact units, the electric signals being indicative of the working conditions of the encoding elements; means for receiving the electric signals; and means for identifying the measuring site based on the electric signals representative of the working conditions of the encoding elements.
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