SUPPORT DEVICE Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC G02B23/16 

FIELD: machine building.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to machine building and can be used as a support device for spacecraft during ground tests. Support device comprises bottom base with adjustable height screw support assemblies mounted on upper base for installation of test object with six adjustable moving assemblies made with uniform arrangement in pairs along perimeter of upper base and spheres resting on working surface of lower base, screw rods with lock nuts. Upper base is made with size smaller than size of lower base, each of its controlled movable unit is made in form of hollow cylinder with support plate on top and with thread on outer cylindrical surface to interact with thread made on inner part of cylindrical cavity of upper base and equipped with lock nut above element rotation tool, below which there is a threaded plug with central hole for conjugated with it along perimeter of external projection of part of sphere.

EFFECT: technical result consists in expansion of scope of application of device, high reliability in continuous operation, enabling reduction of weight and higher accuracy of adjustment of axes of test object during tests of spacecraft and its components.

1 cl, 4 dwg