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Mechanical arm with two link members

US4630185A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 1985
Grant dateDec 16, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 30, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21V21/088
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mechanical arm has a free end that can be positioned in an almost infinite number of locations relative to a fixed end. The mechanical arm may be used as a free position lamp. The arm is free standing in the location without the use of counter balance or springs. The arm comprises a fixed end base and a free end portion with a pair of spaced apart separate link members therebetween, each link member is substantially the same and each has a first goose neck portion with a rotatable connection to the fixed base, a first rigid rod between the first goose neck portion and a second goose neck portion and a second rigid rod between the second goose neck portion and a rotatable connection to the free end portion, a first flexible spacer between the first rigid rods in the pair of link members and a second flexible spacer between the second rigid rods in the pair of link members.

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