Remote repair appliance
Abstract
A remote appliance for supporting a tool for performing work at a work site on a substantially circular bore of a work piece and for providing video signals of the work site to a remote monitor comprises: a base plate having an inner face and an outer face; a plurality of rollers, wherein each roller is rotatably and adjustably attached to the inner face of the base plate and positioned to roll against the bore of the work piece when the base plate is positioned against the mouth of the bore such that the appliance may be rotated about the bore in a plane substantially parallel to the base plate; a tool holding means for supporting the tool, the tool holding means being adjustably attached to the outer face of the base plate such that the working end of the tool is positioned on the inner face side of the base plate; a camera for providing video signals of the work site to the remote monitor; and a camera holding means for supporting the camera on the inner face side of the base plate, the camera holding means being adjustably attached to the outer face of the base plate. Inmore »
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 567173
- Patent Number(s):
- 5697834
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-682,468; TRN: 98:003210
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 16 Dec 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; REMOTE VIEWING EQUIPMENT; REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; REPAIR; ROTATION; SUPPORTS; CAMERAS
Citation Formats
Heumann, F K, Wilkinson, J C, and Wooding, D R. Remote repair appliance. United States: N. p., 1997.
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Heumann, F K, Wilkinson, J C, & Wooding, D R. Remote repair appliance. United States.
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@article{osti_567173,
title = {Remote repair appliance},
author = {Heumann, F K and Wilkinson, J C and Wooding, D R},
abstractNote = {A remote appliance for supporting a tool for performing work at a work site on a substantially circular bore of a work piece and for providing video signals of the work site to a remote monitor comprises: a base plate having an inner face and an outer face; a plurality of rollers, wherein each roller is rotatably and adjustably attached to the inner face of the base plate and positioned to roll against the bore of the work piece when the base plate is positioned against the mouth of the bore such that the appliance may be rotated about the bore in a plane substantially parallel to the base plate; a tool holding means for supporting the tool, the tool holding means being adjustably attached to the outer face of the base plate such that the working end of the tool is positioned on the inner face side of the base plate; a camera for providing video signals of the work site to the remote monitor; and a camera holding means for supporting the camera on the inner face side of the base plate, the camera holding means being adjustably attached to the outer face of the base plate. In a preferred embodiment, roller guards are provided to protect the rollers from debris and a bore guard is provided to protect the bore from wear by the rollers and damage from debris. 5 figs.},
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year = {Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 1997}
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