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US 4,165,116 AGranted
Gripping apparatus for the tongs of a remote manipulator
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsJean-Claude Baudoin, Robert Oger
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AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsJean-Claude Baudoin, Robert Oger
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Gripping apparatus for the tongs of a remote manipulator having two generally triangular symmetrical elongated projections, each articulated to a tong body and having a rear end piece opposite to the end of the projection, wherein a detachable member which is fixed to each object to be manipulated and having a central portion which can be seized between the projections of the tongs, a supporting edge for the end piece of the projections projecting on either side of the central portion and two parallel flanges extending perpendicularly to the plane of the central portion on either side of the latter in order to cover the tong projections fastened to the central portion. A particular application of the apparatus is to handle radioactive materials in an active cell.
A gripping apparatus for the tongs of a remote manipulator having two generally triangular symmetrical elongated projections, each articulated to a tong body and having a rear end piece opposite to the end of the projection, wherein said apparatus comprises a detachable member which is fixed to each object to be manipulated by a fixing means and having a central portion which can be seized between the projections of the tongs, a supporting edge for the end piece of the projections projecting on either side of said central portion and two parallel flanges extending perpendicularly to the plane of said central portion on either side of the latter in order to cover the tong projections fastened to the central portion.
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