Device for positioning at automatic fuelling of vehicles

B - Operations – Transporting – 67 – D

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B67D 7/08 (2010.01) B67D 7/04 (2010.01) B67D 7/14 (2010.01) B25J 9/10 (2006.01)

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CA 2290452

The invention relates to the automatic fuelling of vehicles, primarily cars and comprises a robot. The invention is characterised in that the positioning system includes an optical sensor means (23) arranged adjacent the robot (2) and functioning to detect optically the position of the fuel-tank flap (12) of a vehicle parked for fuelling, relative to the rest position of the robot head (3), and to deliver to a robot computer (29) a signal relating to said relative position. The invention is further characterised in that the computer (29) is programmed to bring the opening device (11) into abutment with the fuel-tank flap (12) and to open said flap with the aid of a predetermined movement plan, and in that the sensor means (23) is adapted to detect the position of the orifice of the fuel-tank pipe or of the adapter (10) relative to the current position of the robot head and to send to the computer (29) a signal relating to said relative position.

L'invention concerne un dispositif qui est destiné au ravitaillement automatique de véhicules en carburant, notamment d'automobiles, et qui comprend un robot. L'invention est caractérisée en ce que le système de positionnement comprend un capteur optique (23) adjacent au robot (2) et destiné à détecter par voie optique la position d'une trappe de remplissage de réservoir de carburant (12) d'un véhicule garé pour faire le plein, par rapport à la position de repos de la tête (3) du robot, et à fournir à l'ordinateur (29) du robot un signal concernant cette position relative. L'invention est également caractérisée en ce que l'ordinateur (29) est programmé pour amener le dispositif d'ouverture (11) en contact avec la trappe (12) du réservoir et ouvrir cette trappe à l'aide d'un plan de mouvement prédéterminé et en ce que le capteur (23) est conçu pour détecter la position de l'orifice du conduit du réservoir de carburant ou de l'adaptateur (10) par rapport à la position actuelle de la tête du robot et pour envoyer à l'ordinateur (29) un signal concernant cette position relative.

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