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US 10,105,727 B2Granted
Apparatus for preventing a cover from being drawn into an axis joint of a paint robot and related method
AssigneeTd Industrial Coverings, Inc.
InventorMark D'Andreta
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Abstract
An arrangement for automated painting of an object includes a paint robot, a cover and a cover blocking member. The paint robot defines an axis joint about which a first portion rotates relative to a second portion. The cover covers at least a portion of the paint robot. The cover blocking member is in the form of a band carried by the paint robot and is positioned between the paint robot and the cover.
Claims12
A paint robot comprising:
- a first portion and a second portion, the first portion defining a first arm of the paint robot, the first arm elongated along a first length and having a first thickness perpendicular to the first length, the second portion defining a second arm of the paint robot, the second arm elongated along a second length and having a second thickness perpendicular to the second length, the first portion directly coupled to the second portion at a joint having an axis of rotation, the first portion elongated along a first longitudinal axis and the second portion elongated along a second longitudinal axis, the axis of rotation being perpendicular to both of the first and second longitudinal axes, the axis of rotation passing through the first and second thickness;
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- a circular ring;
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- a mounting arrangement non-rotatably securing the circular ring directly to one of the first and second portions of the paint robot proximate the joint,
- wherein the axis of rotation of the joint extends through the circular ring, the circular ring surrounds the one of the first and second portions and is radially spaced from another of the first and second portions.
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A paint robot comprising:
- a first portion and a second portion, the first portion defining a first arm of the paint robot, the first arm elongated along a first length and having a first thickness perpendicular to the first length, the second portion defining a second arm of the paint robot, the second arm elongated along a second length and having a second thickness perpendicular to the second length, the first portion directly coupled to a second portion at a joint having an axis of rotation, the first portion elongated along a first longitudinal axis and the second portion elongated along a second longitudinal axis, the axis of rotation being perpendicular to both of the first and second longitudinal axes, the axis of rotation passing through the first and second thickness;
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- a circular ring;
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- at least one fastener securing the circular ring directly to one of the first and second portions of the paint robot proximate the joint, the at least one fastener passing through a hole in the circular ring and engaging the robot,
- wherein the axis of rotation of the joint extends through the circular ring, the circular ring surrounds the one of the first and second portions and is radially spaced from an other of the first and second portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.