CHARGING SYSTEM OF END EFFECTOR

• Main Authors: NAKAGAWA MASAAKI, NAGASUE HIDEKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 18.03.2021
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; HAND TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; MANIPULATORS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; REGULATING; TRANSPORTING

To provide an end effector configured to charge the end effector without arranging an electric supply line in a robot arm.SOLUTION: An end effector, which is attached to a tip of an arm of a multi-joint robot, comprises a motor-driven load, a secondary battery that supplies electric power to the motor-driven load, and a charging circuit that charges the secondary battery. Preferably, the multi-joint robot is mounted on a carrier loaded with a processing element that is carried in a machine tool or carried out of the machine tool, and the charging circuit is configured to receive electric power supplied from the power supply circuit provided in the carrier and charge the secondary battery.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】ロボットアームに給電線を配することなくエンドエフェクタへの給電を可能とするエンドエフェクタを提供する。【解決手段】多関節ロボットのアーム先端に取り付けられるエンドエフェクタであって、電動負荷と、前記電動負荷に給電する二次電池と、前記二次電池を充電する充電回路と、を備えているエンドエフェクタで、好ましくは、工作機械に搬入しまたは工作機械から搬出する加工要素を搭載した搬送車に多関節ロボットが取り付けられ、充電回路は搬送車に備えた給電回路から給電された電力を受けて二次電池を充電するように構成されている。【選択図】図４