Telescopic cover and method for adjusting the position of a telescopic cover
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorRyuutarou Ishikawa
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Abstract
An uppermost cover member of a telescopic cover is fixed to a movable member (a saddle or a table), whereas a lowermost cover member of the telescopic cover is fixed to a stationary member (a pedestal or the saddle) of a machine tool, the stationary member being stopped with respect to a direction of movement of at least the movable member. Attached members, which project outwardly along the direction of movement from the telescopic cover, and which are attached by fastening members to the stationary member, are provided on the cover member. The telescopic cover is provided with a skirt, which is capable of sliding along the direction of movement with respect to the cover member, and which covers the attached members.
Claims14
A telescopic cover for a machine tool, the telescopic cover comprising:
- a plurality of cover members superimposed telescopically, the plurality of cover members configured to expand and contract in response to movement of a movable member of the machine tool, wherein
- an uppermost cover member of the plurality of cover members is fixed to the movable member,
- a lowermost cover member of the plurality of cover members is fixed to a stationary member of the machine tool, and
- the stationary member is stationary with respect to a direction of movement of at least the movable member;
- an attached member which is provided on the lowermost cover member,
- protrudes outwardly along the direction of movement from the lowermost cover member, and
- fixes the lowermost cover member stationary to the stationary member by fastening members;
- and
- a skirt telescopically coupled to the lowermost cover member and configured to
- be slidable along the direction of movement with respect to the lowermost cover member, and
- cover the attached member and the fastening members.
A method of adjusting a telescopic cover for a machine tool, the telescopic cover comprising a plurality of cover members telescopically superimposed to expand and contract in response to movement of a movable member of the machine tool, the method comprising:
- fixing an uppermost cover member of the plurality of cover members to the movable member;
- fixing a lowermost cover member of the plurality of cover members to a stationary member of the machine tool, wherein the stationary member is stationary with respect to a direction of movement of at least the movable member;
- providing an attached member on the lowermost cover member, wherein the attached member protrudes outwardly along the direction of movement from the lowermost cover member;
- fixing the lowermost cover member stationary to the stationary member by fastening members;
- providing a skirt, which is slidable along the direction of movement with respect to the lowermost cover member, and which covers the attached member and the fastening members, wherein the skirt is telescopically coupled to the lowermost cover member;
- and
- sliding the skirt to thereby expose the fastening members.
A telescopic cover for a machine tool,
- the machine tool having
- a pedestal,
- a saddle supported on the pedestal and movable in a first direction relative to the pedestal, and
- a table supported on the saddle and movable in a second direction relative to the saddle, the second direction transverse to the first direction,
- the telescopic cover comprising:
- at least one set of first cover members telescopically superimposed to expand and contract in the first direction in accordance with movement of the saddle, the first cover members comprising
- an uppermost first cover member configured to be fixed to the saddle, and
- a lowermost first cover member stationary fixed by first fastening members to the pedestal;
- at least one set of second cover members telescopically superimposed to expand and contract in the second direction in accordance with movement of the table, the second cover members comprising
- an uppermost second cover member configured to be fixed to the table, and
- a lowermost second cover member configured to be stationary fixed by second fastening members to the saddle;
- at least one first skirt telescopically coupled to a lower side of the lowermost first cover member, and slidable in the first direction with respect to the lowermost first cover member to cover or expose the first fastening members;
- and
- at least one second skirt disposed on a lower side of the lowermost second cover member, and slidable in the second direction with respect to the lowermost second cover member to cover or expose the second fastening members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.