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US 2013/0340529 A1Published application
Magnetic Coupling Mobile Robot
AssigneeTecnomac S.R.L.
InventorArturo Lama
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Abstract
A probe-holder carriage includes a frame which can slide over a highly magnetically permeable support surface and at least one permanent magnet able to interact magnetically with, and couple the robot to, the surface. The permanent magnet is positioned so that one pole grazes the surface and faces the surface at a minimum distance from it. The frame defines a central housing which can support at least one probe.
Claims12
A probe-holder carriage, comprising:
- a probe-holder frame,
- sliding means connected to said probe-holder frame and suitable for cooperating with a resting surface in a material with high magnetic permeability so as to permit a sliding of the carriage on said surface,
- at least one permanent magnet, suitable for interacting magnetically with said resting surface for an anchorage of the carriage to the resting surface, said permanent magnet being fitted so as to graze the resting surface with one of its poles,
- wherein said probe-holder frame defines a central housing and comprises support means suitable to support at least one probe inside said central housing.
1 more element
A carriage according to claim 6, wherein the sliding skates oscillate on planes parallel to the end plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.