Rotary encoder and position adjuster therefor

Details Rotary encoder and position adjuster therefor Rotary encoder and position adjuster therefor

2005-09-20

2005-09-20

Porta, David (Department: 2878)

Radiant energy

Photocells; circuits and apparatus

Optical or pre-photocell system

C250S231160, C341S013000, C033S0010PT, C396S055000, C396S269000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06946649

ABSTRACT:
A rotary encoder has a disc, a pair of photo-interrupters, an adjusting member, and a shifting controller. The disc rotates around a rotating axis and has slits that are formed circumferentially at given intervals. Each of the photo-interrupters has a light-emitting device and a photo-detecting device opposite one another, and generates two signals with a phase difference. Each photo-interrupter is pivotable around a pivot coaxial with the rotating axis, and is arranged along the circumferential direction of the disc so as to position the slits between the light-emitting device and the photo-detector. The adjusting member contacts the pair of photo-interrupters, and is movable along a shifting direction corresponding to a radial direction of the disc, so as to engage the pair of photo-interrupters. The adjusting member adjusts a relative position-relationship between the pair of photo-interrupters associated with the phase difference. The shifting controller shifts the adjusting member along the shifting direction to set the phase difference to a predetermined phase difference.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4193199 (1980-03-01), Whiteley et al.
patent: 5416558 (1995-05-01), Katayama et al.

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