SUBMERGIBLE ROBOT DEVICE - MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD

Title:

SUBMERGIBLE ROBOT DEVICE

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2001063644

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To easily recover a submergible robot from an object channel without a damage or the like even a trouble and the like occur at the time of cleaning work.

This submergible robot device 1 has a submergible robot 10 having a cleaning unit mounted, and the submergible robot 10 can clean the inside of an object channel by operating it from a land operating part 2. The submergible robot 10 is provided with air bags A1-A4 and an air bag expanding device 30 as a levitation force generating means to apply levitation force when abnormality is caused in power supply, and a sequencer 40 causes the air bag expanding device 30 to fill air into each air bag A1-A4 in a specified order such that the submergible robot 10 takes approximately horizontal attitude and pressed against a wall surface of the object conduit based on a value detected from the attitude sensor 23 when an abnormality detecting circuit 46 detects the abnormality in power supply.

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Inventors:

ISOBE KAZUTAKA
OZU YOSHINORI
KODA TOSHIAKI
TSUNEWAKI HIROSHI

Application Number:

JP24347099A

Publication Date:

March 13, 2001

Filing Date:

August 30, 1999

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD

International Classes:

B61B13/10; B62D57/024; (IPC1-7): B62D57/024; B61B13/10

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Yoshiki Hasegawa (3 outside)

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