Apparatus for preventing a cover from being drawn into a joint of a paint robot
AssigneeTd Industrial Coverings, Inc.
InventorMark D'Andreta
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Abstract
An apparatus for preventing a cover from being drawn into a joint of a paint robot includes a circular ring member mounted to the paint robot proximate the joint. The circular ring member may include first and second blocking members. The paint robot includes first and second portions rotatable relative to one another about an axis of the joint. The circular ring member circumferentially surrounds the first portion of the paint robot such that the axis of the joint passes through the circular ring member.
Claims18
An apparatus for preventing a cover from being drawn into a joint of a paint robot, the paint robot including first and second portions rotatable relative to one another about an axis of the joint, the apparatus comprising:
- a mounting ring for circumferentially surrounding the first portion of the paint robot such that the axis passes through the mounting ring, the mounting ring including a first portion and a second portion removably attachable to the first portion, the first and second portions of the mounting ring each extending through approximately 180 degrees so as to cooperatively define a complete circle;
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- first and second blocking members carried by the first and second portions of the mounting ring, respectively, the first blocking member including a first blocking portion axially extending from a first attachment portion, the second blocking member including a second blocking portion axially extending from a second attachment portion, the first and second blocking portions operative to prevent a cover from begin drawn into the joint of the paint robot,
- wherein the first and second blocking members include a first plurality of bristles and a second plurality of bristles, respectively, each bristle of the first and second pluralities of bristles extending generally parallel to the axis, and
- wherein the first and second pluralities of bristles are configured to prevent the cover from being drawn into the joint of the paint robot.
An apparatus for preventing a cover from being drawn into a joint of a paint robot, the paint robot including first and second portions rotatable relative to one another about an axis of the joint, the apparatus comprising:
- a first arcuate mounting member having a first circumferential length extending through approximately 180 degrees and defining a first arcuate channel extending completely along the first circumferential length, the first arcuate channel closed in a radial direction and open to a bottom of the first arcuate mounting member in an axial direction;
- a second arcuate mounting member having a second circumferential length extending through approximately 180 degrees and defining a second arcuate channel extending completely along the second circumferential length, the second arcuate channel closed in the radial direction and open to a bottom of the second arcuate mounting member in the axial direction, the second arcuate mounting member releasably attached to the first arcuate mounting member so as to cooperatively defining a mounting ring that extends through a complete circle through which the axis extends;
- a first blocking member including a first attachment portion and a first blocking portion, the first attachment portion slidably received within the first arcuate channel, the first blocking portion;
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- a second blocking member including a second attachment portion and a second blocking portion, the second attachment portion slidably received within the second arcuate channel, the second blocking portion,
- wherein the first and second blocking portions include a first plurality of bristles and a second plurality of bristles, respectively, each bristle of the first and second pluralities of bristles extending generally parallel to the axis, and
- wherein the first and second pluralities of bristles are configured to prevent the cover from being drawn into the joint of the paint robot.
An apparatus for preventing a cover from being drawn into a joint of a paint robot having an axis of rotation in combination with the paint robot, the paint robot including first and second portions rotatable relative to one another about the axis of rotation of the joint, the apparatus comprising:
- a circular ring member for circumferentially surrounding the axis;
- a mounting arrangement for fixedly securing the circular ring to one of the first and second portions of the paint robot proximate the joint;
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- a plurality of bristles, each bristle of the plurality of bristles extending generally parallel to the axis,
- wherein the axis of rotation of the joint extends through the circular ring, and
- wherein the plurality of bristles is configured to prevent the cover from being drawn into the joint of the paint robot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.