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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fanuc Ltd., Yamanashi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/157 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/157 ;
Abstract
A floating cylinder,and a rotating shaft fixing cylinder,are attached to a flange RB,at the distal end of a robot arm via an attaching member,. Attached to the floating cylinder,is a rotary tool,. To mount or demount a bladed tool to or from a collet chuck,, the rotating shaft fixing cylinder,is operated to advance a stopper,so that a rotating shaft,of the rotary tool is locked. The chuck nut of the collet chuck,is inserted and fixed into a collet fixing groove in which the bladed tool is stored. The robot is operated so as to rotate the flange RB,, by which the rotating shaft,and the chuck nut of the collet chuck,are rotated relatively to tighten or loosen the bladed tool in the collet chuck