US 12,433,607 B2
Punching rig and method
Jianzhong Shang, Dartford (GB); Tamas Csaba Hernadi, London (GB); and Etienne Francois Joseph Dondez, Dijon (FR)
Assigned to Precision Robotics Limited, London (GB)
Appl. No. 18/277,198
Filed by Precision Robotics Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/GB2022/050351
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/180359, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2101970 (GB), filed on Feb. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0115275 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1604 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 17/1626 (2013.01); A61B 17/1796 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A punching rig comprising:
a base;
an arm engageable with the base and movable relative to the base along a first axis, the arm comprising a chamber that extends along a chamber axis normal to the first axis;
a punch slidably receivable within the chamber such that it extends along the chamber axis, which punch comprises a first end, a second end and a stop positioned between the first end and the second end; and
a weight slidable along the punch between the first end and the stop; and
a support bridge comprising a support beam and a support for supporting the support beam above the base, wherein the support beam comprises a plurality of grooves and the chamber is alignable with each groove.