Apparatus for moving a member
AssigneeEndo Robotics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByung Gon Kim, Kyung nam Kim, Ye Chan Seo
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Abstract
Disclosed is a moving device. A moving device for moving a tubular member according to an aspect of the present disclosure may include a housing through which the tubular member passes, a first roller and a second roller arranged to face both sides of the tubular member inside the housing and having outer circumferential surfaces that presses the tubular member, an actuator that provides a driving force for rotating the first roller, a sensor that measures a movement amount of the tubular member, and a controller that controls the actuator on the basis of the movement amount of the tubular member, wherein, when the first roller rotates, the tubular member between the first roller and the second roller moves by a frictional force.
Claims17
A moving device for moving a tubular member, the moving device comprising:
- a housing having a hole through which the tubular member passes;
- a first roller and a second roller arranged to face both sides of the tubular member inside the housing and having outer circumferential surfaces configured to press the tubular member;
- an actuator configured to provide a driving force for rotating the first roller;
- a sensor configured to measure a movement amount of the tubular member;
- a controller configured to control the actuator on the basis of the movement amount of the tubular member;
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- a roller operation unit comprising:
- an operation member movably coupled to the housing and having one side coupled to a rotary shaft of the second roller, and
- a driving member configured to move the operation member, wherein the operation member is moved by the driving member to cause the second roller to move between a first position adjacent to the first roller and a second position farther from the first roller than the first position;
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- a shutter member positioned adjacent to the hole and coupled to the operation member, the shutter member being configured to open or close at least a portion of the hole,
- wherein, when the first roller rotates at the first position of the second roller, the tubular member between the first roller and the second roller moves by a frictional force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.