Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enclosure device
-
Application No.: US15183630Application Date: 2016-06-15
-
Publication No.: US09759986B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Brad J. Goddard , Mark A. Hann
- Applicant: Lincoln Global, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Fe Springs
- Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Fe Springs
- Agent David John Muzilla
- Main IPC: G03B17/02
- IPC: G03B17/02 ; G03B11/04 ; B23P13/00 ; G03B17/08 ; G03B9/08 ; G03B17/56 ; G03B17/55

Abstract:
In one embodiment of an enclosure device, a camera casing and light source casing are secured to a plate frame, and the enclosure device is configured to be mounted to an arm, such as a robotic welding arm. A shutter mounting arm may also be secured to the plate frame. A flap may be pivotally mounted to the distal end of the shutter mounting arm, such that the flap may be actuated between a first and second position by an actuator cooperatively engaged with the flap. The first position may be defined as to protect a camera lens positioned in the camera casing and a light source lens positioned in the light source casing. The second position may be defined as to not obscure a line-of-sight from either the light source and/or the camera to the work piece on the arm. A light source casing may be sandwiched between two side plates that are generally configured as mirror images of one another. The light source casing housing a light source may be configured as a laser designed to measure distances.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160291444A1 ENCLOSURE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
Information query