发明名称 |
Positioning device using negative spring-rate tensioning means |
摘要 |
A positioning device for controlling a member such as a pen of a chart recorder, wherein the positioning motion is produced by a wire formed of temperature-responsive material (Nitinol) exhibiting a martensitic transformation which contracts the wire when its temperature is increased within a predetermined temperature range, and relaxes the wire when cooled within that range. The wire is maintained under tension by a spring having a negative spring-rate. This spring cooperates with internally generated forces and the elasticity of the wire material to produce contraction/expansion length changes of the wire in response to changes in its temperature. Electrical circuitry for controlling the wire temperature is disclosed, and includes means for inductively developing a frequency-modulated pulse-current through the wire.
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申请公布号 |
US4016721(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1977.04.12 |
申请号 |
US19750613229 |
申请日期 |
1975.09.15 |
申请人 |
THE FOXBORO COMPANY |
发明人 |
RICHARDSON, DAVID A.;ROBINSON, ROBERT J. |
分类号 |
F03G7/06;G01R17/00;(IPC1-7):F03G7/06 |
主分类号 |
F03G7/06 |
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