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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2009
Shinobu Kobayashi, Tochigi, JP;
Tetsuo Ishii, Tochigi, JP;
Shinobu Kobayashi, Tochigi, JP;
Tetsuo Ishii, Tochigi, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tightening head () is provided with at least two sockets () which are alternatively connected to an output shaft of a nut runner (), a socket replacing mechanism () and a bolt supplying mechanism (). The socket replacing mechanism () is provided with a moving mechanism () and a posture changing mechanism (). The moving mechanism () moves each socket () between a using position where the socket () agrees with an axis of the output shaft of the nut runner () and a waiting position which is distant from the axis. The posture changing mechanism () changes a posture of each socket () to an upward posture corresponding to the waiting position and to a tightening posture corresponding to the using position. The bolt supplying mechanismis provided with bolt magazines () and bolt holding mechanism (). During a bolt tightening step is executed by one socket in the using position, the bolt (B) is supplied to the other socket in the waiting position.