Apparatus for positioning an image measuring platform

• US 7,766,298 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2007
• Issued: 08/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Chih-Kuang, Zhang, Sen
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, SANG H
• Application Number:
  US11/849,303
• Publication Number:
  US 20080128576A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,065 Days
• Field of Search: 248/424, 248/429, 248/444.1, 248/445, 428/98, 428/83, 428/135, 562/3, 552/4, 564/8, 564/6, 367/99, 367/128, 198/403, 198/409
• US Class Current: 248/424
• CPC Class Codes: G12B 5/00 Adjusting position or attitude, e.g. level, of instruments or other apparatus, or of parts thereof levels per se G01C9/00; Compensating for the effects of tilting or acceleration, e.g. for optical apparatus

Abstract

An apparatus for positioning an image measuring platform, the apparatus includes a horizontal base (11); a measuring platform (21) movable on the horizontal base; a support arm (12) extending in the Z-axis direction secured to the horizontal base; two parallel sliders (435) extending in the Z-axis direction fixed on the upper ends of the support arm; a first bar (411) for controlling the measuring platform to move in X-axis direction; a second bar (421) for controlling the measuring platform to move in Y-axis direction; a first cantilever (314) and a second cantilever (315) vertically attached on the two parallel sliders; a charge coupled device lens (31) fixed on the first cantilever and the second cantilever through a lens clamp (312) and a locking cap (313); a first screw handle (414) engaged with the holes of both sides of a first bracket (413) secured on the horizontal base, a first male screw thread (415) formed outside the first screw handle, and a first female screw thread (416) corresponding to the first male screw thread formed outside the first bar; and a second screw handle (424) engaged with the holes of both sides of a second bracket secured (423) on the horizontal base, a second male screw thread (425) formed outside the second screw handle, and a second female screw thread (426) corresponding to the second male screw thread formed outside the second bar.

Claims

1. An apparatus for positioning an image measuring platform, the apparatus comprising:

a horizontal base;

a measuring platform movable on the horizontal base;

a support arm extending in the Z-axis direction secured to the horizontal base;

two parallel sliders extending in the Z-axis direction fixed on the upper ends of the support arm;

a first bar for controlling the measuring platform to move in X-axis direction;

a second bar for controlling the measuring platform to move in Y-axis direction;

a first cantilever and a second cantilever vertically attached on the two parallel sliders;

a charge coupled device lens fixed on the first cantilever and the second cantilever through a lens clamp and a locking cap;

a first screw handle engaged with the holes of both sides of a first bracket secured on the horizontal base, a first male screw thread formed outside the first screw handle, and a first female screw thread corresponding to the first male screw thread formed outside the first bar; and

a second screw handle engaged with the holes of both sides of a second bracket secured on the horizontal base, a second male screw thread formed outside the second screw handle, and a second female screw thread corresponding to the second male screw thread formed outside the second bar.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first bar is attached to the measuring platform through a first bearing, and the second bar is attached to the measuring platform through a second bearing.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, when the first male screw thread formed outside the first screw handle is threadably screwed into the first female screw thread formed outside the first bar, the measuring platform is micro-moved in the Y-axis direction by rotating the first bar.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, when the second male screw thread formed outside the second screw handle is threadably screwed into the second female screw thread formed outside the second bar, the measuring platform is micro-moved in the Y-axis direction by rotating the second bar.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, when the first male screw thread formed outside the first screw handle is unscrewed with the first female screw thread formed outside the first bar, the measuring platform is fast moved on X-axis direction by pulling and pushing the first bar.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, when the second male screw thread formed outside the second screw handle unscrewed with the second female screw thread formed outside the second bar, the measuring platform is fast moved on X-axis direction by pulling and pushing the second bar.