STABILIZING PROCESS IN RELATION TO A SELECTED TRAJECTORY OF AN ELEMENT WHICH IS MOVABLE WITH AT LEAST ONE MOVING COMPONENT, AND APPLICATION TO SPRAYING BOOM

摘要

A movably mounted element (1) is stabilized with respect to a desired path according to one component of movement. The element is mounted with complete freedom of movement along that component of movement which takes part in the formation of the actual path and to maintain or return the movable member (1) to the predetermined path, for example, maintaining a spray manifold parallel to the ground. With the aid of a jack (10) there is exerted, between the movable member and its support point or points (3) and as a function of the position of the movable member with respect to the desired path, one or more forces whose magnitude is independent of the position of the movable member with respect to the points of support. The invention is applicable to movable members having plural degrees of movement in rotation and/or translation and particularly for the stabilization of a spray manifold.