Portable camera device to be attached to a remote manipulator gripper
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsFrancois Gobin, Mickael Gennisson, Christophe Brenneis
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Abstract
A camera for observing the inside of a shielded cell comprises a support provided with a spring in the form of a gripper for mounting it on a remote- manipulation arm performing the task to be observed, by means of another arm, exerting solely a force for opening the branches of the spring, after which the camera is properly held, while being able to be removed without difficulty. A stop means is added in order to provide the correct angular position of the camera while preventing its support from turning about the arm, and thus making it possible to position it correctly by other remote-manipulation means.
Claims5
A portable camera device to be mounted on a remote-manipulator arm, comprising:
- a camera and a support for the camera, the support comprising complementary means for fitting together the support and the arm, the support further comprising a brake,
- wherein the complementary means for fitting together the support and the arm comprises a fixing spring in a form of a gripper and, distributed on the support and the arm, an abutment of a face of the support opposite to the camera on a face of the arm providing a reference orientation of the device, wherein the spring comprises two curved branches, comprising concavities directed towards each other, free ends diverging, and a strut disposed between the branches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.