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Rugged-duty master-slave manipulator

  • US 3,139,990 A
  • Filed: 12/11/1961
  • Issued: 07/07/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1961
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A RUGGED-DUTY, REMOTE CONTROL, MASTER-SLAVE MANIPULATOR COMPRISING A HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING STRUCTURE HAVING A MASTER ARM CONNECTED ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF AND A SLAVE ARM CONNECTED ADJACENT THE OTHER END THEREOF, A WRIST JOINT ADJACENT THE FREE END OF SAID MASTER ARM AND HANDLE MEANS PROJECTING THEREFROM, A WRIST JOINT ADJACENT THE FREE END OF SAID SLAVE ARM AND TONG MEANS PROJECTING THEREFROM, SAID TONG MEANS BEING OPERATIVE THROUGH LINEAR MOTION TRANSMISSION ELEMENTS IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID HANDLE MEANS AND INCLUDING CLAMPING JAW MEMBERS, SAID HANDLE MEANS INCLUDING ROTARY TAKE-UP MEANS TO WHICH ONE END OF A LINEAR TONG MOTION TRANSMISSION ELEMENT CONTROLLING SAID JAW MEMBERS IS SECURED, SAID TAKE-UP MEANS BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN A HOUSING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID HANDLE, LEVER MEANS MOVABLE IN RESPONSE TO FINGER PRESSURE OF THE MANIPULATOR OPERATOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO RAPIDLY ROTATE SAID TAKE-UP MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING, AND MEANS TO LOCK SAID LEVER MEANS AGAINST

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