Load-balancing device for articulated arm, associated load-handling apparatus and method
AssigneesCentre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Centrale De Nantes, Institut National Des Sciences Appliquees
InventorsSébastien Briot, Vigen Arakelyan
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Abstract
The invention relates to a load-balancing device for an articulated arm capable of receiving a load having a weight, the balancing device being characterized in that it comprising a support system able to be fastened to a stationary element of the articulated arm, and an actuator element capable of being attached to a movable input element of the articulated arm, the balancing device also including a lever arm able to exert a force on the actuator element in order to apply said force on the input element of the articulated arm, the lever arm having an adjustable length as a function of the weight of the load.
Claims8
A load-balancing device for an articulated arm able to receive a load having a weight, the balancing device comprising:
- a support system fastened to a stationary element of the articulated arm, wherein the support system comprises a first sliding connection and a second sliding connection, a first part of the first sliding connection being connected to a first part of the second sliding connection, and secured to said first part of the second sliding connection, a second part of the second sliding connection, translatable relative to the first part of the second sliding connection, being able to be fastened to the stationary element of the articulated arm,
- an actuator element attached to a movable input element of the articulated arm, and
- a lever arm able to exert a force on the actuator element in order to apply said force on the input element of the articulated arm, the lever arm having an adjustable length as a function of the weight of the load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.