Device for moving a body in space
AssigneeVDW Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmashinenfabrikan e.v.
InventorsGunter Pritschow, Karl-Heinz Wurst
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Abstract
A device for moving a rod body in a space includes a frame and connecting arms connected to the frame and having at least two degrees of freedom. The rod body is pivotably connected to the connecting arms. At least one drive is connected to each one of the connecting arms for controlling an active degree of freedom. The rod body has a first end point and a second end point. The first end point defines a spatial position within the space. The first and second end points together define the orientation of the rod body in the space. The connecting arms serve to control the first and second end points.
Claims10
A device for moving a rod body in space, said device comprising:
- a frame;
- straight, non-jointed connecting arms having first and second ends;
- said connecting arms having three degrees of freedom;
- a rod body pivotably connected to said first ends of said connecting arms;
- a drive for each one of said connecting arms, connected to said second end of said connecting arms and mounted on said frame, for controlling an active degree of freedom of said three degrees of freedom;
- wherein the rod body has a first end point and a second end point and wherein the first end point defines a spatial position within the space and wherein the first and second end points together define an orientation of the rod body in the space;
- wherein a first set of said first ends of said connecting arms is connected to said first end point and wherein a second set of said first ends is connected to said second end point for controlling said first and second end points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.