Control arm for a power manipulator

US4000819A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

• Jean-Claude Germond · Paris, FR
• Theodore Le Mouee · Nantes, FR
• Paul Marchal · Gif-sur-Yvette, FR
• Michel Petit · Chalon-sur-Saône, FR
• Jean Vertut · Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 20, 1976
• Grant date: Jan 4, 1977
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B25J3/04
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The control arm for a remotely operated power manipulator comprises a system for carrying out a number of movements and position detectors for each movement. The number of possible movements of the arm is equal to the number of possible movements of the manipulator and motion-control operations can be interrupted at will. Means are provided on at least one portion of the control arm for interlockiing it with respect to another portion of the arm independently of the other movements as long as the position of the manipulator and of the arm have not been brought into complete concordance and for releasing the interlock when complete concordance is achieved.