US3220720A - Device for adjusting and altering the spatial position of articles - Google Patents

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US3220720A
US3220720A US181248A US18124862A US3220720A US 3220720 A US3220720 A US 3220720A US 181248 A US181248 A US 181248A US 18124862 A US18124862 A US 18124862A US 3220720 A US3220720 A US 3220720A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
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    • H01J37/20—Means for supporting or positioning the objects or the material; Means for adjusting diaphragms or lenses associated with the support
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C14/00—Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N1/00—Sampling; Preparing specimens for investigation
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  • BUSCH ETAL 3,220,720 DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AND ALTERING THE SPATIAL POSITION 0F ARTICLES 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 21, 1962 s w ckk w i mddh J Z m m mam/J M 2 fm n 6 i M Nov. 30, 1965 s.
  • BUSCH ETAL 3,220,720 DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AND ALTERING THE SPATIAL POSITION 0F ARTICLES 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 21, 1962 s w ckk w i mddh J Z m m mam/J M 2 fm n 6 i M Nov. 30, 1965 s.
  • BUSCH ETAL 3,220,720 DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AND ALTERING THE SPATIAL POSITION 0F ARTICLES 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 21, 1962 s w ckk w i mdd
  • the invention relates to a device for adjusting and altering the spatial position of articles, particularly of specimens in a treatment chamber for the irradiation or vacuum-coating of same, such as for example, for electron microscopy, said device comprising a supporting frame and a specimen carrier mounted thereon by means of a tilting platform.
  • the specimen carrier is rotatable around at leats two of its spatial axes with the aid of driving means actuated from outside.
  • evices of this type serve for the treatment of articles under certain conditions of pressure, temperature and radiation, when it is necessary during the treatment to continuously or intermittently alter the spatial position of the articles while maintaining the prevailing critical conditions.
  • such devices can be used for the treatment of articles with corpuscular radiation or other kinds of irradiation, such as X-rays or ultraviolet rays, for a variety of technical and scientific purposes.
  • corpuscular radiation or other kinds of irradiation such as X-rays or ultraviolet rays
  • Other applications are high-vacuum coating of articles for the preparation of specimens for electron microscopy, for refining purposes and other coatings on metalloids and metals, rheostats, etc. as well as deep-freeze drying.
  • a differential gear is mounted on the tilting platform for the purpose of rotating the specimen carrier.
  • the satellite carrier of said differential gear is positively connected with the specimen carrier and the two other gear elements of the differential gear co-operating with the satellites each being positively connected with one drive gear, one of said drive gears being integral with the supporting frame, whereas the other drive gear is positively connected with the 3,22%,7Zd Patented Nov. 30, 1965 ice drive for the rotation of the specimen carrier.
  • the gearing elements are driven in opposite direction during the tilting motion of the tilting platform, and as a result, the satellte carrier remains stationary, provided the ratios of transmission have been appropriately chosen, so that the specimen carrier will not rotate but performs merely a tilting motion jointly with the tilting platform.
  • the drive provided for the rotation of the specimen carrier is actuated, the said drive will rotate one of the gearing elements by means of the drive gear connected with said drive, whereas the other gearing elements remain stationary, as a result of which the satellite carrier is entrained and rotates the specimen carrier.
  • Both drives can also be actuated simultaneously, so that the specimen carrier is tilted together with the tilting platform and rotated at the same time.
  • the adjusting paths of the specimen carrier are maintained in a constant relationship to the adjusting paths of the associated drives, said relationship depending solely on the pre-set gear ratio.
  • the differential gear may consist of a ball or roller bearing, the balls or rollers representing the planets, the cage carrying the balls or rollers the satellite carrier, and the races the two other gearing elements co-operating with the planets.
  • This embodiment has proved particularly practical, since it is not only simple and inexpensive, but above all because it makes it possible to produce a differential gear of the smallest dimensions.
  • a thrust bearing serves as a differential gear, the hearing being supported on both sides, preferably by means of balls engaging in guide grooves of the races in such a manner as not to be displaceable in a radial direction but rotatable and loaded in an axial direction by a pressure spring,
  • a pressure spring provided according to the invention and determining the friction between the components of the bearing can be easily exchanged and therefore, adapted to individual requirements.
  • the driving connections between the races and the drive gears can be produced in a simple manner according to the invention by providing a circumferential gearing on each of the two races, a helical gear engaging in each of said circumferential gearings, the helical gears being positively connected with the two drive gears by means of shafts or the like and driving the races at the same angular speed in opposite direction when the tilting platform performs its tilting motion.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevation of the device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan View of the device partly in section
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a detail in a partially sectional bottom plan View on a larger scale.
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view on line IVIV of FIG. 3 and FIG. shows another detail in side elevation on a larger scale.
  • the device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises a supporting frame 1, formed by two ring segments 2 and 3 superjacent in spaced relatin to each other, with brackets 4, 5 and 6 located in between.
  • the supporting frame 1 is mounted on slide bars 7 and 8 transversing the bracket 4 in such a manner as to be slidable in a vertical direction, said displacement being performed by a threaded spindle 9 also traversing the bracket 4 and co-operating with a female thread provided in same.
  • a tilting platform 10 is pivoted, on which a specimen carrier 11 is mounted so as to be rotatable around an axis extending in perpendicular relation to its plane.
  • the tilting platform 1% is rotatably mounted around a horizontal axis by means of a shaft 12 having a key slot therein and traversing the bracket 5, whereas for the rotation of the specimen carrier 11 another shaft 13 having a key slot therein and traversing a bracket 6 and two horizontally extending shafts 14 and 15 are provided.
  • the specimen carrier 11 together With the article fastened thereon can be adjusted to any desired spatial position or made to perform a certain sequence of motions by appropriately actuating the threaded spindle 9 and the grooved shafts 12 and 13.
  • electric motors can be provided for the drive of the threaded spindle 9 and the grooved shafts 12 and 13 electric motors can be provided.
  • the angular position of the tilting platform 10 can be read on a dial 16 integral with the same.
  • a differential gear is provided in the housing 17 of the tilting platform 10 closed by a plate-shaped cover 19 fastened by means of bolts 18 for the purpose of ensuring the tilting of the tilting platform It) and the rotation of the specimen carrier 11 completely independently from one another.
  • the differential gear comprises an axial ball bearing whose balls 29 represent the satellites, the cage 21 guiding the ball-s 20, forming the satellite carrier, whereas the races 22 and 23 constitute the two remaining gear elements co-operating with the satellites.
  • the cage 21 is positively connected with a hollow shaft 24- rotatably located in the housing 17, the slotted lug 25 of the specimen carrier 11 shown in FIG. 5 being insertable into said hollow shaft.
  • the axial ball bearing 26 and 21 is supported on both sides by means of balls 26 and 27, each guided by a cage 28 and 29 respectively and engaging in guide grooves 26' and 27' of the races 22 and 23.
  • the axial ball bearing is loaded in an axial direction by a cup or disc spring 31) arranged around the hollow shaft 24.
  • the axial ball bearing is rotatably supported in such a manner as not to be displaceable in a radial direction.
  • a clearance is provided so as to preclude any additional sliding friction during the relative motion of these parts.
  • Each of the two races 22 and 23 presents a circumferential gearing, into each of which a helical gear 32 and 33 respectively, engages, the helical gear 32 being mounted on the shaft 14 and the helical gear 33 on the shaft 15.
  • Attached to the extremity of the shaft 14 protruding from the housing 17 of the tilting platform 10 is a gear wheel 34 mating with a gear wheel 35 mounted on a trunnion 36.
  • the trunnion 36 is rotatably mounted in the bracket 6 on one side and in the supporting arm 37 of the housing 17 of the tilting platform 10 on the other side and comprises a gear wheel 38 which is positively connected with a worm gear 39, non-rotatably, but axially slidably mounted on the grooved shaft 13.
  • the shaft 13, gear 39, gear wheel 38 and the trunnion 36 constitute an additional driving means connected to the carrier relative to the tilting platform to rotate the carrier.
  • Mountedon the extremity of the shaft 15 protruding from the housing 17 is a gear wheel 46 engaging a gear wheel 41 non-roatably screwed on to a flange 42 of the bracket 6.
  • the shafts 14 and 15 are rotatably mounted in a flange-like extension 43 of the supporting arm 37.
  • the housing 17 of the tilting platform 10 is rotatably mounted on the bracket 5 by means of the supporting arm 44 positively connected with the grooved shaft 12 by means of gear wheels or worm gears (not shown), said grooved shaft serving for the swiveling of the tilting platform 10.
  • tapped holes 45 and 46 are provided on both sides of the grooved shaft 12, FIG. 3, for the attachment of the horseshoe-shaped ring segment 3.
  • annular groove 47 FIG. 4, open towards the specimen carrier 11, FIGS. 4 and 5, is provided in the plate-shaped cover 19 of the tilting platform, said groove 47 serving to receive a preferably electrical heating device for the specimen carrier 11, the lead-in wires of said heating device passing through bores 48 to the base of the annular groove 47.
  • the speciment carrier 11 presents a T-shaped groove .9 serving for the attachment of the articles to be treated and if necessary, also for the removal of the specimen carrier 11 from the tilting platform 19.
  • the specimen carrier 11 is rotated around its central axis without any swiveling motion of the tilting platform It is fairly obvious that if the two grooved shafts 12 and 13 are actuated simultaneously, the tilting platform 11) can be swiveled together with the specimen carrier 11 and at the same time, the specimen carrier 11 can be rotated.
  • the specimen carrier can thus be rotated around two of its spatial axes independently from one another, so that it can be accurately adjusted to the required position and any desired motion can be performed therewith.
  • any adjustment of the specimen carrier 11 and every motion is reproducible in a simple manner.
  • a device for adjusting and altering the spatial position of articles, particularly of specimens in a treatment chamber for irradiation or vacuum-coating for electron microscopy comprising a supporting frame, a tilting platform pivotally mounted on said supporting frame on an axis, a specimen carrier rotatably mounted on said tilting platform, a driving shaft connected to the tilting platform to swing the latter, additional driving means connected to the carrier relative to the tilting platform to rotate the carrier and including a differential gear and a planet cage with planet elements, two driving elements in the form of raceways which are in driving connection with the planet elements whereby one of the planet elements is connected to the carrier, a driving gear wheel coaxial with the tilting platform and which is driven from the additional driving means, and a second drive gear coaxial with the tilting platform and connected to drive the latter.
  • a device in which a bearing is provided having a cage guiding a rolling means and races, said bearing operating as a diiferential gear.
  • a device in which a bearing is provided having a cage guiding a .rolling means and races, said bearing operating as a differential gear, and a thrust bearing is provided coaxial with the first mentioned bearing, the said first-mentioned bearing being supported on both ends to be rotatable but not displaceable in a radial direction.
  • a device in which a bearing is provided having a cage guiding the rolling means and races, said bearing operating as a differential gear, and a thrust bearing is provided coaxial with the first-mentioned bearing, the said first-mentioned bearing being supported on both ends to be rotatable but not displaceable in a radial direction, and the races of the thrust bearing presenting guide grooves and balls are provided engaging in the said guide grooves to support the bearing.
  • a device in which a pressure spring is provided for the thrust bearing in axial direction of force.

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