US4664590A
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Transportable robot system
Assignee: Murata Machinery Ltd
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Filing: 1985-05-10
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Granted: 1987-05-12
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Expires: 2005-05-10
Abstract
Abstract The transportable robot system comprising a plurality of robot working areas, an unmanned transporter for transporting a robot mounted thereon and moving between the robot working areas and a travel track for the unmanned transporter to provide a communication between the areas. The unmanned transporter provides a base to which to robot is mounted and secured, and a locating station for the base is provided near a machine tool in the working area so that the base may be put on the locating station at a predetermined position.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Maekawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 02:13
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23Q; B23Q7/00; B23Q7/04; B23Q3/00; B23Q3/155; B23Q3/1556; B23Q7/14; B23Q7/1426; B23Q7/1442; B25; B25J; B25J5/00; B25J9/00; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P90/00; Y02P90/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
265 words
A transportable robot system comprising means providing a plurality of spaced apart working areas each near a machine tool and each having a locating station, a common robot having a base, an unmanned transporter adapted to support said robot, transporter guide means leading to each of said working areas, means for moving said transporter along said guide means to deliver said robot to or withdraw it from the locating station of any one of said working stations, means for releasably securing said robot base to the locating station of each of said working areas, means for operating said securing means to secure said robot base to the locating station of any one of said working areas upon delivery of said robot thereto by said transporter, and means for operating said securing means to release said robot base at the locating station of any one of said working areas for withdrawal of said robot therefrom by said transporter, said base being constructed in the shape in which a horizontally extending pallet loading branched fork-like portion is extended on a box-shaped upper surface and each locating station being constructed in the shape of a plane in which a portion on the side where the transporter is moved in and out is open, a pallet being accurately located on the base by a pressing cylinder provided on the fork-like portion of the base, a rod end of said pressing cylinder being in the shape of a wedge, and a recess formed in the side of the pallet, said wedge-like end of the rod being fitted in the recess.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
265 words
A transportable robot system comprising means providing a plurality of spaced apart working areas each near a machine tool and each having a locating station, a common robot having a base, an unmanned transporter adapted to support said robot, transporter guide means leading to each of said working areas, means for moving said transporter along said guide means to deliver said robot to or withdraw it from the locating station of any one of said working stations, means for releasably securing said robot base to the locating station of each of said working areas, means for operating said securing means to secure said robot base to the locating station of any one of said working areas upon delivery of said robot thereto by said transporter, and means for operating said securing means to release said robot base at the locating station of any one of said working areas for withdrawal of said robot therefrom by said transporter, said base being constructed in the shape in which a horizontally extending pallet loading branched fork-like portion is extended on a box-shaped upper surface and each locating station being constructed in the shape of a plane in which a portion on the side where the transporter is moved in and out is open, a pallet being accurately located on the base by a pressing cylinder provided on the fork-like portion of the base, a rod end of said pressing cylinder being in the shape of a wedge, and a recess formed in the side of the pallet, said wedge-like end of the rod being fitted in the recess.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1994-05-11 | 1994-11-10 | 1995-05-12 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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