Fluid handling – Systems – With running joint between movable parts of system
Patent
1986-03-06
1987-08-04
Cohan, Alan
Fluid handling
Systems
With running joint between movable parts of system
285134, 285136, 901 29, F16L 3904, B25J 1702
Patent
active
046839127
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a rotary fluid coupler for attachment to a robot arm. The present inventive apparatus and method allows the coupling to connect in a nonconcentric manner a plurality of separate fluid streams allowing the outer shell of the coupler to be fixably attached or restrained from angular movement by the robot arm and having an inner portion adaptable for connection to a rotatable wrist of a robot for a complete 360 degree rotation.
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Cohan Alan
General Motors Corporation
Helms Ernest E.
Rivell John A.
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