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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh, Heerbrugg, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH, Heerbrugg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/00 (2006.01); F16H 19/06 (2006.01); G01B 21/04 (2006.01); G01B 5/008 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 19/06 (2013.01); G01B 5/008 (2013.01); G01B 5/0009 (2013.01); G01B 21/04 (2013.01); F16H 57/0489 (2013.01); F16H 2019/0686 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coordinate measuring machine (CMM) having a belt drive unit for an elongated axis element of the CMM, the belt drive unit comprising a belt, the ends of which are clamped on the elongated axis element, a pulley unit, comprising a drive pulley and two idler pulleys, wherein the belt entangles the drive pulley and the idle pulleys in an omega-shaped manner, and wherein the pulley unit is configured to cause a relative linear movement between the axis element and the pulley unit, wherein a damping layer is disposed adjacent to the belt.