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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1984
Eldon P Hoffman, Portland, OR (US);
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, a drum (10) has a central shaft (11) which is rotatably mounted to a drum supporting frame (12). A mount (26) pivotally connects one side (30) of the frame (12) to a cabinet (14) for pivoting about a frame pivot (73). A mount (15) rigidly secures the other frame side (32) to the base (14). An isolation mounting bracket (86) supports an optical encoder (84) in position to monitor the velocity of the shaft (11). Bracket (86) has pivots (98, 100) which cooperate with the frame pivot (73) to provide in effect a parallelogram support structure for the optical encoder (84). Thus, the encoder (84) may translate, but not rotate, in response to vibrations of the frame (12) so as to minimize or eliminate erroneous encoder velocity readings otherwise arising from such vibrations.