Boom mountable robotic arm
AssigneeQuanta Associates, L.P.
InventorsClifford William Devine, Daniel Neil O'Connell
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Abstract
A boom mountable robotic arm for temporarily supporting an elongate conductor includes a rigid member such as a beam or beam assembly adapted for mounting onto the upper end of a boom for example using a boom adaptor, at least one electrically insulated support post mounted to the rigid member, where each post temporarily supports an elongate electrical conductor, and at least two rotation devices for selectively controllable rotation of the rigid member and the electrically insulated support posts about at least two corresponding axes of rotation.
Claims15
A boom mountable robotic arm for temporarily supporting energized electrical conductors comprising:
- a single elongate unitary beam adapted for coupling with an upper end of a boom,
- at least one electrically insulated support post coupled to beam adapted to temporarily support at least one energized electrical conductor,
- a first rotation coupling that provides selectively controllable rotation of said beam about a first axis of rotation and wherein said first axis of rotation extends between said beam and the upper end of the boom for rotation of said beam relative to said boom in a substantially vertical plane,
- wherein said at least one electrically insulated support post includes at least one conductor retainer for said temporary support of said at least one energized electrical conductor, said at least one conductor retainer pivotally mounted on said at least one electrically insulated support post for rotation about at least one corresponding second axis of rotation.
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