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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Npo International Rescue System Institute, Hyogo, JP;
Tohoku University, Miyagi, JP;
Eiichi Kobayashi, Tama, JP;
Yasuo Hirata, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Tadokoro, Sendai, JP;
Tomonari Yamamoto, Sendai, JP;
Masashi Konyo, Sendai, JP;
Kenjiro Tadakuma, Sendai, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NIPO International Rescue System Institute, Hyogo, JP;
Tohoku University, Miyagi, JP;
Abstract
A moving device includes an elastic tube, a sectional shape of which is elastically deformable according to an internal pressure given by fluid, a slider unit capable of moving forward and backward in a longitudinal direction of the elastic tube according to a change in the sectional shape of the elastic tube, a brake provided in the slider unit and configured to be deformed in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the elastic tube to be capable of coming into sliding contact with a target object, and a fluid adjusting section configured to supply air to or discharge air from the elastic tube respectively via first and second fluid supply pipes that respectively communicate with insides on a distal end side and a proximal end side of the elastic tube.