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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt Feichtinger, Palling, DE;
Assignee:
Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH, Traunreut, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 2/100 ;
Abstract
An angle encoder including a carrier member, a measurement tape securable on the bearing surface circumference of the carrier member by being clamped thereto and having its opposite ends engaging opposite stop surfaces provided on the bearing surface in a mounted position of the measurement tape, and an adjustment element for adjusting a position of at least one of the stop surface so that a distance between the two stop surfaces and thereby a length of the bearing surface circumference correspond to a length of the measurement tape.