Contact-type sensor
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1. A contact-type sensor for sensing an object, comprising:
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a contacting member which contacts the object; and
a shaft, one end of which is connected to the body of the sensor, and another end of which supports said contacting member, said shaft being rotatable within a predetermined plane, and the shaft being more flexible in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined plane than in a direction parallel to the predetermined plane.
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Abstract
A contact type sensor for sensing an object includes a body; and a contacting member which contacts the body and a shaft. One end of the shaft is connected to the body of the sensor and another end of the shaft supports the contacting member. The shaft is rotatable within a predetermined plane, and the shaft is more flexible in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined plane than in a direction parallel to the predetermined plane.
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24 Claims
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1. A contact-type sensor for sensing an object, comprising:
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a body; a contacting member which contacts the object; and a shaft, one end of which is connected to the body of the sensor, and another end of which supports said contacting member, said shaft being rotatable within a predetermined plane, and the shaft being more flexible in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined plane than in a direction parallel to the predetermined plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 19, 20, 21)
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9. A robot movable in a predetermined direction, comprising:
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a body of the robot; at least one sensor provided on a side of the body of the robot; and at least one shaft connecting said sensor to the body of the robot, said shaft being movable with in a predetermined plane, and a flexibility of the shaft in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined plane is greater than a flexibility of the shaft in a direction parallel to the predetermined plane. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A contact-type sensor, comprising:
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a body; a shaft projecting from the body of the sensor and said shaft being more flexible in a vertical direction than in a horizontal direction; and a contacting member provided at a free end of said shaft and which contacts with an object. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of using a sensor having a contacting member, comprising the steps of:
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bringing said contacting member into contact with an object while rotating the contacting member within a rotational plane; and moving the contacting member only in a direction perpendicular to the rotational plane of the contacting member when a force perpendicular to the rotational plane of the contacting member is applied to the contacting member.
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22. A contact type sensor for sensing an object, comprising:
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a body; a contacting member for contacting an object; and an elastic shaft, the shaft having one end connected to the body and another end connected to the contacting member, the shaft being more elastic in a vertical direction than in a horizontal direction. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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