Patent ID: 7591080

Claim:
A securing system for transporting and mounting a measuring instrument for the determination of a position of two components which are movable in relation to each other, the securing system comprising: a support body comprising a guide track and supporting a linearly extending measuring graduation; and a securing device comprising: a base body, which is longitudinally displaceable along said guide track of said support body and can be fixed in place on said support body by clamping forces in order to maintain said mounting base in a desired position in regard to said support body; and a clamping element pivotably seated on said base body about a pivot axis, which has an eccentric surface, which is embodied to be eccentric with respect to said pivot axis, and that, by pivoting said clamping element, said eccentric surface can be brought into engagement with said support body in such a way that, in the course of pivoting of said clamping element, said base body is fixed in place on said support body and can be brought into a state in which it is displaceably seated on said support body.