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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Claude Fioroni, Castres, FR;
Assignee:
Renault Automation Comau, Meudon la Foret Cedex, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23C 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23C 1/12 ;
Abstract
A device for using a parallel structure designed for positioning and displacing a mobile member including at least a fixed element and at least three actuators each including a fixed part and a mobile part, the mobile member including a support-sheath of a tool spindle. The device includes a balancing assembly which, enabling the support-sheath to move in rectilinear manner along axes X, Y and Z, maintains the support-sheath such that the weight of the support-sheath is not transferred to the parallel structure.