SAMPLE LOADING GEAR Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: testing equipment. SUBSTANCE: gear has grippers to hold sample, working tool, four guiding columns and immobile guide. Each gripper and immobile guide have holes, one of holes in immobile guide is axial hole. Working tool is inserted into axial hole of immobile guide and is located in axial parts of grippers. Guiding columns are put into other holes of immobile guide and into holes in grippers that can move. Working toll is manufactured in the form of rod or set of rods made from alloy with effect of form memory that can change its geometrical characteristics up to 10% under polymorphic transmutation within temperature interval 40-85 C. EFFECT: miniaturization of gear with simultaneous provision for deformation in elastic or elastoplastic regions. 1 dwg, 1 tbl