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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Masafumi Miki, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/00 (2006.01); B65H 75/48 (2006.01); B65H 75/44 (2006.01); B25J 15/04 (2006.01); H02G 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/0025 (2013.01); B25J 15/0433 (2013.01); B65H 75/4402 (2013.01); B65H 75/486 (2013.01); H02G 11/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An end effector device includes a housing, a cable, and a winding mechanism. The cable includes at least one of lines that include a power supply line and a signal line. The winding mechanism is located inside the housing and configured to wind the cable. The winding mechanism includes a case, a reel, and a spiral spring. The reel is supported in the case and allowed to rotate and wind the cable. The spiral spring urges the reel in a retrieval direction of the cable pulled out of the reel.