Instrument transport and positioning system
Abstract
Abstract AN INSTRUMENT TRANSPORT AND POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR USE IN MULTIPHASIC MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS SCREENING LABORATORIES OF A TYPE WHERE A TEST SEQUENCE PHASE IS CONDUCTEDIN A PLURALITY OF JUXTAPOSED WEDGE SHAPED TEST CHAMBERS SURROUNDING A CENTRAL CORE AREA WHEREIN EACH TEST CHAMBER IS ADAPTED TO ENCOMPASS THEREIN FOR A GIVEN TEST ALL INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED TO PERFORM PREDETERMINED TESTS IN A PREPHASE SEQUENCE WITH INEXPENSIVE INSTRUMENTS LOCATED IN EACH TEST CHAMBER, EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT BEING CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL CORE AND INTER-CONNECTED WITH EACH TEST CHAMBER VIA A CABLE, WITH STILL FURTHER EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT MOUNTED ON A CIRCULAR TRACK ABOUT THE WEDGE SHAPED TEST CHAMBER ADAPTED FOR SELECTIVE VERTICAL PLACEMENT IN OR REMOVAL FROM EACH CHAMBER. THE EQUIPMENT MOUNTED ON THE TRACK IS ADAPTED FOR MOVEMENT ALONG THE TRACK AND LOWERING OR RAISING AND LOWERING MECHANISM WITH THE CEILING DOOR AND RAISING AND LOWERING MECHANISM FOR THE EQUIPMENT BEING PHASED IN THE TEST TIME SEQUENCE AND AUTOMATICALLY OPERABLE BY MEANS OF COACTING DEVICES SELECTIVELY OPERATED UPON GIVEN INCREMENTS OF MOVEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT AROUND SAID TRACK.
Inventors
- 👤 John C Abromavage
- 👤 James F George
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