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Title: Remote tong/tool latch and storage bracket for an advanced servo-manipulator

Abstract

An arrangement for stowing releasable end effectors for manipulator arms wherein the end effector includes a releasable latch mechanism for connecting the end effector to the manipulator arm, and a storage holder is provided which includes an arrangement for actuating the latch mechanism as the end effector is moved into and out of the holder by the action of the manipulator arm.

Inventors:
 [1]
  1. Oak Ridge, TN
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
867320
Patent Number(s):
US 4913617
Assignee:
Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN)
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
remote; tong; tool; latch; storage; bracket; advanced; servo-manipulator; arrangement; stowing; releasable; effectors; manipulator; arms; effector; mechanism; connecting; arm; holder; provided; actuating; moved; action; manipulator arm; latch mechanism; manipulator arms; advanced servo; /414/294/901/

Citation Formats

Nicholson, John R. Remote tong/tool latch and storage bracket for an advanced servo-manipulator. United States: N. p., 1990. Web.
Nicholson, John R. Remote tong/tool latch and storage bracket for an advanced servo-manipulator. United States.
Nicholson, John R. 1990. "Remote tong/tool latch and storage bracket for an advanced servo-manipulator". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/867320.
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abstractNote = {An arrangement for stowing releasable end effectors for manipulator arms wherein the end effector includes a releasable latch mechanism for connecting the end effector to the manipulator arm, and a storage holder is provided which includes an arrangement for actuating the latch mechanism as the end effector is moved into and out of the holder by the action of the manipulator arm.},
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year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990}
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