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Apparatus for tracking an overhead line and automatically moving around obstacles on the line

US5103739A · kind A · utility

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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 29, 1990
Grant dateApr 14, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G1/02
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for tracking an overhead line includes a carriage, an arm provided relatively movable on the carriage, a hook assembly provided at both end portions of the arm and for slinging the arm over the overhead line, a vertical/rotational motion shaft provided vertically movable and rotatably on the carriage, a wheel supporting arm provided on the top end portion of the vertical/rotational motion shaft swingably, a pair of wheels provided at both ends of the wheel supporting arm with an extension line of the vertical/rotational motion shaft being between the wheels, and a clamp member for clamping the wheels on the overhead line.

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