Extensible foldable manipulator
Abstract
Abstract A MANIPULATOR FOR EXTENDING A TOOL, PERSON OR OTHER LOAD OUT FROM A BASE IN A CONTROLLED DIRECTION AND TO A CONTROLLED EXTENT, COMPRISING ELONGATED SPACERS AND A MULTIPLE-LEVER CONNECTOR, OPPOSITELY HINGEABLE, BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF THE SPACERS. EACH VARYING-ANGLE CONNECTOR HAS A CONTROLLED MOTOR AND AN INTERACTING SYSTEM OF LEVERS, THE OUTERMOT EXTENT OF WHICH FALLS WITHIN A CIRCLE OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME SIZE AS THE MAXIMUM DIAMETER OF THE SPACERS. OPTIONALLY, THE LEVERS MAY BE OF THE BELLCRANK TYPE OR THEY MAY HAVE SEGMENTAL GEARS AT THEIE ENDS. EACH LINK OF THE MANIPULATOR MAY BE SEPARATELY ANGLED BY ITS CONNECTOR IN EITHER OF TWO OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND THEN LOCKED IN ITS ADJUSTED POSITION. IN FOLDING THE MANIPULATOR FOR STORAGE EACH ADJOINING PAIR OF THE LINKS ARE COMPACTLY FOLDED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
Inventors
- 👤 Fritz Kurt Mueller
- 👤 Robert Cherry Martin
- 👤 John Roland Loyd
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