Patent ID: 7463044

Claim:
An adapter for positioning of contact tips, comprising a location surface for locating a contact tip, a base element with a base for setting the adapter on a mounting surface and a positioning element in mechanical contact with the base element and mobile relative to the base element so that the location surface can be positioned relative to the base in at least one positioning direction by the positioning element, and wherein the positioning element has at least a first gearing for converting a rotatory movement to a translational movement, and direction of the translational movement corresponds to the positioning direction, and wherein the positioning element has an extension arm of which a degree of freedom has a direction that deviates from the positioning direction of the gearing and wherein the gearing comprises at least one eccentric mechanism with at least one guide element for guiding the movement of the location surface along the positioning direction, and wherein each eccentric mechanism comprises an eccentric disc and an eccentric pin, the eccentric pin coupling to the eccentric disc and having an axis offset from an axis of the disc.