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Remote tong/tool latch and storage bracket for an advanced servo-manipulator

US4913617A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 20, 1988
Grant dateApr 3, 1990
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Expiry dateJul 20, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25J15/0491
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for stowing releasable end effectors for manipulator arms wherein the end effector includes a releasable latch mechanism for connecting the end effector to the manipulator arm, and a storage holder is provided which includes an arrangement for actuating the latch mechanism as the end effector is moved into and out of the holder by the action of the manipulator arm.

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