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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
May. 10, 2017
Scotland Gas Networks Plc, Edinburgh, GB;
Southern Gas Networks Plc, Horley, GB;
Elmar Koch, Eslohe, DE;
Tobias Klein, Kirchhundem, DE;
Andreas Joachim Hanses, Lennestadt, DE;
Martin Köper, Attendorn, DE;
Scotland Gas Networks PLC, Newbridge, GB;
Southern Gas Networks PLC, Horley, GB;
Abstract
A long-shaft tool includes a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis and having a handle at a first end of the shaft and a second end opposite the first end with a holder for a manipulator wherein the holder has a protruding latch pin provided for engagement with a recess of a manipulator, which can be moved from the protruding position into a retracted position. The holder has a coupling half for coupling with a coupling half of a manipulator which is rotatable relative to a base body of the shaft.