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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2007
Tokuo Umezawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetsugu Matsuda, Minamimuro-gun, JP;
Masaharu Kuromoto, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Sakata, Takasaki, JP;
Tokuo Umezawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetsugu Matsuda, Minamimuro-gun, JP;
Masaharu Kuromoto, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Sakata, Takasaki, JP;
ABB K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A common body () of a coater unit () is mounted on a robot device (). A common body gripper () is fixedly mounted on a fixed plate () of an atomizing head changing and washing device (). At the time of replacing a used atomizing head (') and a used paint cartridge (′) by a washed atomizing head () and a replenished paint cartridge (), respectively, the common body () is gripped and located in a predetermined position by the common body gripper (). When the common body () is gripped by the common body gripper (), the robot device () is put in a reduced power mode attenuating driving forces to leave said common body () in a freely movable state by application of an external force.