Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Machine tool
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Application No.: US16986773Application Date: 2020-08-06
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Publication No.: US11571775B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Shoichi Morimura
- Applicant: OKUMA Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi
- Assignee: OKUMA Corporation
- Current Assignee: OKUMA Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-144867 20190806
- Main IPC: B23Q7/04
- IPC: B23Q7/04 ; B23B15/00 ; B23Q11/10 ; B25J15/04 ; B25J17/02 ; B25J15/00

Abstract:
A machine tool is disclosed. The machine tool includes a robot which is compact and which enables easy use of different end effectors for respective purposes. An internal robot includes a plurality of joints that are composed of a base joint and parallel joints, and a plurality of links. The distal end is split into two or more branches, each having a tool changer. An end effector is detachably attachable to each of the tool changers. Rotation of the base joint causes a change between a first tool-following position and a second tool-following position, so that different end effectors are used for respective purposes by using an end effector attached to a tool changer in the first tool-following position and using an end effector attached to another tool changer in the second tool-following position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210039212A1 MACHINE TOOL Public/Granted day:2021-02-11
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