Extension tool having a plurality of links
AssigneesGeneral Electric Company, Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
InventorsAndrew Crispin Graham, Tim Henri Ann Francois, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Michael Robert Millhaem
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Abstract
An extension tool includes a plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable to a first position, the plurality of sequentially arranged links rigidly fixed to one another in the first position, the plurality of sequentially arranged links defining a first passage and a second passage, the second passage being separate from the first passage when the plurality of sequentially arranged links are rigidly fixed to one another.
Claims20
An extension tool comprising:
- a plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable to a first position, the plurality of sequentially arranged links rigidly fixed to one another in the first position, the plurality of sequentially arranged links defining a first passage and a second passage, the second passage being separate from the first passage when the plurality of sequentially arranged links are rigidly fixed to one another.
A method for operating a selectively flexible extension tool comprising a plurality of sequentially arranged links defining a first fluid flow passage and a second fluid flow passage, the method comprising:
- providing a first fluid flow through the first fluid flow passage;
- and
- providing a second fluid flow through the second fluid flow passage, the second fluid flow passage being separate from the first fluid flow passage when the plurality of sequentially arranged links are joined together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.