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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1979
Heinz-Josef Reinmold, Aachen, DE;
Josef Audi, Aachen, DE;
Saint Gobain Industries, Neuilly-sur-Seine, FR;
Abstract
A Cartesian coordinate tracing table for entering a program into a memory of an automatically controlled machine. The tabel has guide bars extending in the X and Y directions. Two rotary generators which are responsive to movement of a cursor in the X and Y directions generate electrical signals for transmission to a memory. One rotary pulse generator is mounted on a carriage movable along the guide bar extending in the X direction. The other rotary pulse generator is mounted on a cursor slidable along the guide bar extending in the Y direction which in turn is mounted on the carriage. Each rotary pulse generator includes a rotatable shaft having a driving roller which contacts a guide bar to provide the driving force to the generator.