Vacuum tool manipulator

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:869031

Zollinger, William T ^[1]

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1. 3927 Almon Dr., Martinez, GA 30907

Apparatus for manipulating a vacuum hose in a reactor vessel comprises a housing with two opposing openings, an arm carried by the housing and deployable from a stowed position essentially completely within the housing to an extended position where the arm extends through the two openings in a generally horizontal position. The arm preferably has a two-fingered gripping device for gripping the vacuum hose but may carry a different end effector such as a grinding wheel. The fingers are opened and closed by one air cylinder. A second air cylinder extends the device. A third air cylinder within the housing pivotally pulls the opposing end of the arm into the housing via a pivoting member pivotally connected between the third air cylinder shaft and the arm.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• Assignee: Zollinger, William T. (3927 Almon Dr., Martinez, GA 30907)
• Patent Number(s): US 5265132
• OSTI ID: 869031
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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stowed
position
essentially
completely
extended
extends
horizontal
preferably
two-fingered
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device
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effector
grinding
wheel
fingers
closed
air
cylinder
third
pivotally
pulls
via
pivoting
connected
shaft
vessel comprises
pivotally connected
extended position
reactor vessel
air cylinder
horizontal position
arm extends
manipulator apparatus
grinding wheel
stowed position
essentially complete
arm carried
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