1. In an electronic testing machine having a plurality of test modules located on angularly spaced radial lines extending from an associated central axis, each test module having a plurality of contact pairs for testing electronic components, the improvement of an electrical test setup and calibration apparatus comprising:
a plate having at least one test electrode mounted to the plate, wherein the plate is movable between test positions to electrically insert a test device selectively between a contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs, the test device selected from a group consisting of a volt meter, a current meter, a precision current source, a precision voltage source, a calibration resistor, and a calibration capacitor; and
a test machine controller programmed to perform at least one test function through the plate, the test function selected from a group consisting of alignment verification, voltagecurrent source verification, insulation resistance (IR) leakage measurement verification, part-present contact check verification, capacitance and dissipation (CD) measurement verification, IRCD compensation, and IRCD calibration.
2. The improvement of claim 1 further comprising:
the plate having an axis of rotation coaxially alignable with the central axis associated with the plurality of test modules for rotation about the axis of rotation to different angular positions in order to selectively align the at least one test electrode with different ones of the plurality of contact pairs sequentially for testing.
3. The improvement of claim 1, wherein the at least one test electrode is alignable angularly and radially with the contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs associated with each test position for each of the plurality of test modules to be tested.
4. The improvement of claim 1, further comprising:
A plurality of tracks located on the plate and the at least one test electrode comprising test electrodes spaced at equal angular intervals about a rotational axis of the plate.
5. The improvement of claim 4 wherein the at least one electrode further comprises:
a single wired contact associated with each track, each wired contact having a first electrode and second electrode electrically isolated from each other and each wired contact located on the plate so that only a single wired contact is touching a single contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs to be tested at a time.
6. The improvement of claim 5 further comprising:
a connector mounted to the plate, the first electrodes electrically connected to each other and to an inner conductor of the connector and the second electrodes electrically connected to each other and to an outer conductor of the connector.
7. The improvement of claim 5 further comprising:
a test station located between every fourth wired contact, so there are three wired contacts between test stations, such that when the plate is indexed by the equal angular interval,
the wired contact currently under test is moved out of engagement with a contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs, and another wired contact is moved into engagement with a different contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs to be tested.
8. The improvement of claim 7, wherein rotating the plate 360 degrees tests 200 wired contactstest stations.
9. The improvement of claim 1 further comprising:
a lookup table to compensate for offsets introduced by the test device.
10. The improvement of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of contact pairs comprises a first contact and a second contact, the first contact and the second contact electrically isolated from each other; and wherein the electrode contacts one of the first contact and the second contact to complete a circuit with the test device when the plate is in each of the test positions.
11. An apparatus for electrical test setup and calibration of an electronic testing machine having a plurality of test modules located on angularly spaced radial lines extending from an associated central axis, each test module having a plurality of contact pairs for testing electronic components, comprising:
a plate having one or more radial tracks, wherein an electrode per track is physically coupled to the plate for movement therewith, the plate movable between test positions to electrically insert a test device selectively between a contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs through an electrical connection with the electrode, the test device selected from a group consisting of a volt meter, a current meter, a precision current source, a calibration resistor, and a calibration capacitor; and
a test machine controller programmed to perform at least one test function through the plate, the test function selected from a group consisting of alignment verification, voltagecurrent source verification, insulation resistance (IR) leakage measurement verification, part-present contact check verification, capacitance and dissipation (CD) measurement verification, IRCD compensation, and IRCD calibration.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising:
the plate having an axis of rotation coaxially alignable with the central axis associated with the plurality of test modules for rotation about the axis of rotation to different angular positions in order to selectively align the electrode with different ones of the plurality of contact pairs sequentially for testing.
13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the electrode is alignable angularly and radially with the contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs associated with each test position for each of the plurality of test modules to be tested.
14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the plate further comprises:
a total of eight tracks located on the plate with test electrodes spaced every 1.8 degrees.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the electrode further comprises:
a single wire contact associated with each track, each wired contact having a first electrode and second electrode electrically isolated from each other, and each the wired contact is located on the plate so that only a single wired contact is touching a single contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs to be tested at a time.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising:
a connector mounted to the plate, the eight first electrodes electrically connected to each other and to an inner conductor of the connector and the eight second electrodes electrically connected to each other and to an outer conductor of the connector.
17. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising:
a test station located between every fourth wired contact corresponding to 7.2 degrees of rotation, so there are three wired contacts between test stations, such that when the plate is indexed by 1.8 degrees, the wired contact currently under test is moved out of engagement with a contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs, and another wired contact is moved into engagement with a different contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs to be tested.
18. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein each electrode of the plate comprises a first electrode and a second electrode electrically isolated from each other and spaced apart by at least a portion of the plate, a spacing between the first electrode and the second electrode such that, when the plate is in one of the test positions, the first electrode is in contact with a first contact of the contact pair and the second electrode is in contact with a second contact of the contact pair.
19. A process for setup and calibration of an electronic testing machine having a plurality of test modules located on angularly spaced radial lines extending from an associated central axis, each test module having a plurality of contact pairs for testing electronic components, the process comprising:
positioning a plate for rotational movement about an axis of rotation relative to the test modules to be tested in order to selectively position at least one electrode at one of a plurality of test positions to electrically insert a test device selectively between a contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs, the at least one electrode physically coupled to the plate for movement therewith;
selecting the test device to be inserted from a group consisting of a volt meter, a current meter, a precision current source, a precision voltage source, a calibration resistor, and a calibration capacitor;
performing at least one test function through the plate with a control program; and
selecting the test function to be performed from a group consisting of alignment verification, voltagecurrent source verification, insulation resistance (IR) leakage measurement verification, part-present contact check verification, capacitance and dissipation (CD) measurement verification, IRCD compensation, and IRCD calibration.
20. The process of claim 19 further comprising:
driving the plate in rotation about the axis of rotation to different angular positions in order to selectively align the at least one electrode with different ones of the plurality of contact pairs sequentially for testing.
21. The process of claim 19 further comprising:
aligning the at least one test electrode angularly and radially with the contact of the plurality of contact pairs associated with each test position for each of the plurality of test modules to be tested.
22. The process of claim 19 wherein the at least one electrode comprises a first electrode and second electrode electrically isolated from each other on the plate by at least a portion of the plate to define a single wired contact associated with each track of the plate, the wired contact located on the plate so that the first electrode and the second electrode of only a single wired contact is respectively touching each contact of a contact pair of the plurality of contact pairs to be tested at a time.
23. The process of claim 19 wherein the plurality of contact pairs comprises a first contact pair and a second contact pair spaced apart in a direction of rotation of the plate, the at least one electrode comprises a first electrode and a second electrode electrically isolation from each other by at least a portion of the plate and the test electrode is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode, the process further comprising:
moving the plate about the axis of rotation to a first test position where the first electrode is in contact with a contact of the first contact pair and the second electrode is in contact with another contact of the first contact pair so as to complete an electrical circuit with the test device; and
moving the plate about the axis of rotation to a second test position where the first electrode is in contact with a contact of the second contact pair and the second electrode is in contact with another contact of the second contact pair so as to complete an electrical circuit with the test device; and
wherein performing at least one test function through the plate with the control program comprises performing the at least one test function in each of the first test position and the second test position.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A folding screen device comprising:
a lateral frame member which is attached at an upper portion of an opening of a building, and which includes a supporting groove that opens toward a lower side and extends in an axial direction; and
a plurality of screen units each including:
a first vertical frame member and a second vertical frame member each having an upper end portion being fitted and held in the supporting groove of the lateral frame member, the first vertical frame member and the second vertical frame member being slidable along the supporting groove;
a screen including a right end and a left end to which the first vertical frame member and the second vertical frame member are attached respectively, which is expandable in an accordion manner by being folded alternately in the opposite direction at a number of bending portions provided in parallel at regular intervals, and which is openable and closable by a sliding movement of the first vertical frame member and the second vertical frame member,
wherein upper end portions of a plurality of first vertical frame members and a plurality of second vertical frame members in the plurality of screen units are fitted and held in one identical supporting groove in the lateral frame member so that the plurality of screen units are arranged in parallel in the opening of the building, and
wherein bumping surfaces of the first vertical frame member in a first screen unit and the second vertical frame member in an adjacent screen unit are detachably connected to each other;
an upper screen guide and a lower screen guide move out of and into the interior of the first vertical frame member andor the second vertical frame member in a bent state with an opening and closing operation of the screen, and are led out along an upper end and a lower end of the screen in an extended state for guiding the upper end and the lower end of the screen;
a parallel movement mechanism for maintaining a parallel state between the first vertical frame member and the second vertical frame member during the opening and closing operation of the screen;
a pair of rails extending in an axial direction of the supporting groove, protruding from respective inner surfaces of a pair of pending walls constituting side walls of the supporting groove of the lateral frame member so as to be opposed to each other in a width direction of the supporting groove;
a pair of rollers for preventing the upper end portions of the first vertical frame members and the second vertical frame members from being detached from the supporting grooves by contact with upper surfaces of the rails, protruding from positions above the pair of rails in the upper end portions of the first vertical frame members and the second vertical frame members, the pair of rollers being provided so as to be opposed to each other in the width direction of the supporting groove,
wherein each rail of the pair of rails is provided with a slit at an intermediate position in the axial direction of each rail, the slit cutting off each rail from a tip end thereof in the width direction of each rail, penetrating through each rail toward the lower side of the lateral frame member, having an opening length in the axial direction larger than a diameter of the roller, constituting a pair, and dividing each rail of the pair of rails into a plurality of rail parts in the axial direction so that the pair of rollers provided in each of the first vertical frame members and second vertical frame members can be detached from the supporting groove through the pair of slits toward the lower side of the lateral frame member by tilting the first vertical frame member and the second vertical frame member in the axial direction of the supporting groove; and
a cap for closing the slit is detachably attached to each slit of the pair of slits,
wherein the cap has a surface portion closing the slit at a level flush with upper surfaces of the rail parts adjacent to each other in the axial direction while sandwiching the slit therebetween.
2. The folding screen device according to claim 1,
wherein, in the screen unit, first ends of the upper screen guide and the lower screen guide are fixed to an upper end and a lower end, respectively, of the second vertical frame member, and second ends of the upper screen guide and the lower screen guide are provided in the interior of the first vertical frame member through openings at the upper end and the lower end, respectively, of the first vertical frame member so that the upper screen guide and the lower screen guide move out and into the interior of the first vertical frame member through the openings at the upper end and the lower end of the first vertical frame member with the opening and closing operation of the screen,
wherein a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate are fixed to a right end and a left end of the screen, respectively, and the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate are disengageably engaged to the first vertical frame member and the second vertical frame member, respectively,
wherein the parallel movement mechanism comprises first wires inserted horizontally with respect to the screen and extended in the vertical direction in plurality of rows and a weight suspended by the first wires in a space for accommodating the weight,
wherein all of the first wires are extended with respect to the screen unit by fixing first ends of the first wires to the first mounting plate, inserting the first ends horizontally with respect to the screen, then causing the first wires to penetrate through the second mounting plate and to be guided to an upper end portion of the second vertical frame member therein, subsequently causing the first wires to be suspended from the upper end portion into the space for accommodating the weight, and detachably attaching second ends of the first wires to the weight, and
wherein a side wall constituting the space for accommodating the weight of the second vertical frame member is provided with an operation opening opened to a side surface of the second vertical frame member for attaching and detaching therethrough the second ends of the first wires with respect to the weight.
3. The folding screen device according to claim 2,
wherein the parallel movement mechanism includes a second wire extended in a loop shape in the first vertical frame member, and
wherein the second wire is rotatably extended with respect to a pair of redirecting members provided at an upper portion and a lower portion in the first vertical frame member without intersection in a side view, and is connected to the second ends of the upper screen guide and the lower screen guide, and the second wire is connected to the second ends of the upper screen guide and the lower screen guide at respective wire portions between the pair of redirecting members moving in the directions opposite to each other.
4. The folding screen device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of screen units can be supported by the lateral frame member at the opening of the building, and
wherein inhibiting means is provided for inhibiting the screen from being automatically folded by the weight in a state in which the screen is extended.
5. The folding screen device according to claim 1,
wherein, in the screen unit, a first end of the upper screen guide is fixed to an upper end of the second vertical frame member, and a second end of the upper screen guide is provided in the interior of the first vertical frame member through an opening at the upper end of the first vertical frame member so that the upper screen guide moves out and into the interior of the first vertical frame member through the opening at the upper end of the first vertical frame member with the opening and closing operation of the screen,
wherein a first end of the lower screen guide is fixed to a lower end of the first vertical frame member, and a second end of the lower screen guide is provided in the interior of the second vertical frame member through an opening at the lower end of the second vertical frame member so that the lower screen guide moves out and into the interior of the second vertical frame member through the opening at the lower end of the second vertical frame member with the opening and closing operation of the screen,
wherein a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate are fixed to a right end and a left end of the screen, respectively, and the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate are disengageably engaged to the first vertical frame member and the second vertical frame member, respectively,
wherein the parallel movement mechanism includes a first wire inserted horizontally with respect to the screen in an upper half region of the screen and a second wire inserted horizontally with respect to the screen in a lower half region of the screen,
wherein the first wire is extended with respect to the screen unit by fixing a first end of the first wire to the first mounting plate, inserting the first end horizontally with respect to the screen, then causing the first wire to penetrate through the second mounting plate and to be guided to a lower end portion of the second vertical frame member by redirection toward the lower side therein, subsequently redirecting the first wire toward the upper side at the lower end portion, and detachably fixing a second end of the first wire with respect to a second end of the lower screen guide, and
the second wire is extended with respect to the screen unit by fixing a first end of the second wire to the second mounting plate, inserting the first end horizontally with respect to the screen, then causing the second wire to penetrate through the first mounting plate and to be guided to an upper end portion of the first vertical frame member by redirection toward the upper side therein, subsequently redirecting the second wire toward the lower side at the upper end portion, and detachably fixing a second end of the second wire with respect to a second end of the upper screen guide.
6. The folding screen device according to claim 4,
wherein the wire to be inserted through the screen and attached with the weight being suspended at the distal end thereof is fixed at one end thereof to the first mounting plate engaged with the first vertical frame member and is detachably attached with the weight at the distal end suspending from the upper end of the second vertical frame member, and
wherein the second vertical frame member is provided with an operation opening for attaching and detaching the weight to the distal end of the wire and an insertion path for inserting the wire is configured to facilitate insertion and removal of the wire.
7. The folding screen device according to claim 1,
wherein a small hole through which a screw is inserted is extended through a lower end portion of each of the pending walls at a position below the rail,
the cap is provided with a cut groove into which a lower edge of the pending wall is fitted and held, and a screw hole which is disposed so as to cross the cut groove at a right angle and into which the screw is threadingly inserted, and
the cap is fixed to the pending wall by making the small hole of the pending wall correspond to the screw hole in the cut groove, inserting the screw into the small hole, and screwing the screw into the screw hole.