Patent ID: 7316155

Claim:
Test table for measuring lateral forces and displacements, if necessary with the simultaneous use of normal forces, particularly in nano-indenters as well as in scratch and wear testers, whereby the test table is mounted to be laterally movable and the lateral force and displacement can be determined by way of measured-value acquisition, wherein the test table ( 1 ) is attached between at least two leaf springs ( 3 ) that stand perpendicular and can be deflected laterally in the direction of the lateral (horizontal) movement of the test table ( 1 ) that is to be produced, and the leaf springs ( 3 ) have a bias/tensile stress applied to them and are attached to a frame ( 4 ) at their lower end and at their upper end, and the table is essentially attached to a center of the leaf springs ( 3 ) between their lower end and their upper end.