Remote tong/tool latch and storage bracket for an advanced servo-manipulator
US4913617A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 1988 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 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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