Manipulative device
OwnerDavid Chineryinventor
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Abstract
A manipulative device capable of remote operation has a nozzle head having one or more nozzles adapted to eject a fluid stream having a component at right angles to the axis of the nozzle head. There is a flexible elongate hose for connecting the nozzle head to a source of remote operation, such as a joystick arrangement. Also valves capable of operation by tendons parallel to the flexible elongate hose enables spatial positioning of the nozzle head by remote differential operation of the tendons. The device may be used in various applications for example borehole mining, paint spraying etc.
Claims13
A manipulative device capable of remote operation comprising in combination:
- a nozzle head having an axis and one or more nozzles adapted to eject a fluid stream having a component at right angles to said axis,
- a flexible elongate member connecting said nozzle head to a reference point, said nozzle having means for controlling said fluid streams through said nozzles, tendons operably connected to said fluid control means, said tendons being adapted to follow the curvature of said flexible elongate member so as to impart feedback of said nozzle head position,
- whereby in use, remote differential operation of said tendons enables spatial positioning of said nozzle head, by said one or more fluid streams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.