Tool arrangement and method for accommodating an optical tool in a park position
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStefan Richter, Sebastian Marx, Mike Hirschfeldt
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Abstract
A tool arrangement is provided for accommodating portions of an optical tool in a park position, having an optical tool and having a housing with an opening suitable for accommodating portions of the optical tool in a housing interior, with a housing discharge connected to the housing in a fluid-conducting manner, and with a sealing sleeve arranged at the opening of the housing, wherein the sealing sleeve has a fluid-carrying line for adapting a variable fill volume of the sealing sleeve. In addition, a method is provided for accommodating portions of an optical tool in a park position.
Claims12
A tool arrangement to accommodate portions-of an optical tool in a park position, the arrangement comprising:
- an optical tool;
- a housing having a housing interior that accommodates only a portion of the optical tool therein to be placed in a park position for storing and cleaning, the portion of the optical tool extending into the housing interior through an opening of the housing;
- a housing discharge connected to the housing in a fluid-conducting manner;
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- a sealing sleeve arranged at the opening of the housing, the sealing sleeve being inflatable and having a fluid-carrying line for adapting a variable fill volume of the sealing sleeve so as to seal and unseal the opening of the housing.
A method for accommodating portions of an optical tool in a park position, the method comprising:
- placing only a portion of an optical tool in a housing interior of a housing through an opening of the housing so that the portion of the optical tool is placed in a park position for storing and cleaning;
- filling an inflatable variable-volume sealing sleeve located at an edge of the opening of the housing until a space between an outer surface of the optical tool located in the opening and the edge of the opening of the housing is sealed in a fluid-tight manner;
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- introducing a purge gas into the housing interior through a supply line located in the optical tool and/or the housing until a target concentration of the purge gas in the housing interior is achieved or a time interval has passed in order to clean the portion of the optical tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.