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Title:
AUTOMATIC CHANGING DEVICE OF TOOL HEAD END MEMBER FOR ROBOT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3725129
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To connect and disconnect a tool head end member used by screwing itself on a tool main body without adding a driving source.
SOLUTION: A robot positions a rotating member A by making a tool approach the rotating member A when a changing commanding order is input and rotating by more than one round around an rotation axis Z when the tool head end member 21 arrives below an upper end of a positioning member C and stopping at a specified position. Consequently, the robot moves to immediately above a vacant tool head end member holding means B and inserts the tool head end member 21 into the head end member holding means B by lowering. The robot is made to move in a state of locking the tool head end member 21 by a friction body 35, etc. in the tool head end member holding means B, to rotate the tool 20 with the rotating member A around the rotation axis Z and to release screwing. A procedure at the time of mounting by the screwing is a reversed one. A tool cleaning means may be provided on the rotating member A.


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Inventors:
Masahiro Hagiwara
Masaaki Saito
Takeshi Tsumura
Toshihiko Inoue
Application Number:
JP2003047995A
Publication Date:
December 07, 2005
Filing Date:
February 25, 2003
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Assignee:
FANUC Corporation
International Classes:
B23Q3/155; B23K9/12; B23K9/32; B23K11/30; B23K26/08; B25J15/04; (IPC1-7): B25J15/04; B23K9/12; B23Q3/155
Domestic Patent References:
JP8216081A
JP6262357A
JP1043879A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Matsuji Takemoto
Hideo Sugiyama
Koichi Yuda
Uozumi Takahiro