Modular manipulator arm

Abstract

Abstract 1. Handling arm made up of several components connected in series, a component with an axle (2) and a first connecting means (5, 6) which links it to a first adjacent component (3) with a possible rotation round a first revolving axle joined to the above-mentioned axle of the component and a second connecting means (4) which links it to a second adjacent component (1) with possible rotation round a second revolving axle which cuts obliquely the above-mentioned axle of the component, means have been set up to rotate the above-mentioned component independently to the first and second adjacent component and to stop it when requested. The main features are that the above-mentioned means to rotate the above-mentioned component round the first and second adjacent means have a shaft (12, 22) which is run by an engine means and can be linked when requested by a clutch (24) to the first and/or second above-mentioned adjacent means, furthermore a brake is set up to prevent the relative rotation of the above-mentioned means round each adjacent means.

Inventors

• 👤 Maurice Gabillet

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