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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1991
Filed:
May. 04, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaaki Tsukiji, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuharu Nishimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Koh Ishizuka, Urawa, JP;
Satoshi Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Kubota, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356356 ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
A displacement measuring apparatus comprises a scale relatively displaced to an irradiating beam, a reading head to read the scale by the irradiating beam, and control device to control the apparatus for avoiding substantially the leakage of the irradiating beam out of the apparatus in response to the positional error of the scale and the irradiating beam.