# US 10,478,962 B2 · Robot base stand > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,478,962 B2 - Document ID: US10478962B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/941,360 - Filed: 2018-03-30 - Published: 2018-10-11 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-05 - Assignees: Fanuc Corporation - Applicants: Fanuc Corporation - Inventors: Tatsuhiro Uchiyama; Hikaru Yamane; Masanori Itou - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10478962B2 ## CPC - B25H 1/10: with provision for adjusting holders for tool or work - B25H 1/04: portable - B25J 5/007: {mounted on wheels} - B25J 9/0009: {Constructional details, e.g. manipulator supports, bases} - B25J 9/0096: {co-operating with a working support, e.g. work-table} - B25J 9/162: {Mobile manipulator, movable base with manipulator arm mounted on it} - B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65) - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) ## Abstract A robot base stand includes: a first support table configured to mount a robot thereon; a second support table configured to place thereon objects to be handled by the robot; and a relative distance adjusting mechanism that adjusts the relative distance between the first support table and the second support table. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A robot base stand comprising: a first support table configured to mount a robot thereon; the robot fixed to the first support table; a second support table configured to place thereon objects to be handled by the robot; and a relative distance adjusting mechanism that adjusts a relative distance between the first support table and the second support table wherein the relative distance adjusting mechanism is configured to permit selection of one distance from a plurality of relative distances preset in accordance with types of the robot, wherein each of the preset distances is marked by an indicia indicative of the type of robot to be mounted to the first support table, wherein the relative distance adjusting mechanism includes: a plurality of first connecting portions that is provided in the first support table, extends in the direction of relative distance adjustment between the first support table and the second support table, and is spaced from each other in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction of relative distance adjustment; a plurality of second connecting portions that is provided in the second support table, extends in the direction of relative distance adjustment, and is spaced from each other in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction of relative distance adjustment; and a plurality of fixing parts for fixing the first connecting portions and the second connecting portions to each other, wherein the plurality of first connecting portions has an arm-like shape projecting toward the second support table, is displaceable horizontally with respect to the second support table in the direction of the relative distance adjustment, and is fixed with respect to the second support table at a position that is determined by the selected distance. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The robot base stand according to claim 1, wherein the first support table and the second support table are connected to each other by the relative distance adjusting mechanism and are integrally movable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The robot base stand according to claim 1, wherein the relative distance adjusting mechanism is configured to change the relative distance in the horizontal direction between the first support table and the second support table. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The robot base stand according to claim 1, wherein the relative distance adjusting mechanism is configured to fix the adjusted relative distance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The robot base stand according to claim 4, wherein the relative distance adjusting mechanism includes: a plurality of first connecting portions that is provided in the first support table, extends in the direction of relative distance adjustment between the first support table and the second support table, and is spaced from each other in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction of relative distance adjustment; a plurality of second connecting portions that is provided in the second support table, extends in the direction of relative distance adjustment, and is spaced from each other in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction of relative distance adjustment; and a plurality of fixing parts for fixing the first connecting portions and the second connecting portions to each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The robot base stand according to claim 4, wherein the relative distance adjusting mechanism includes: a plurality of bolt insertion holes formed at fixed positions with respect to one of the first support table and the second support table, at intervals in the direction of relative distance adjustment between the first support table and the second support table; a threaded portion formed at a fixed position with respect to the other of the first support table and the second support table; and a bolt inserted through one of the bolt insertion holes and screwed into the threaded portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The robot base stand according to claim 1, wherein a control unit that controls the robot in an integrated manner is disposed inside the first support table. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The robot base stand according to claim 1, wherein a pallet on which a workpiece is placed is arranged on a top of the second support table. ### Claim 9 A robot base stand comprising: a first support table configured to mount a robot thereon; the robot fixed to the first support table; a second support table configured to place thereon objects to be handled by the robot and a relative distance adjusting mechanism that adjusts a relative distance between the first support table and the second support table wherein the relative distance adjusting mechanism is configured to permit selection of one distance from a plurality of relative distances preset in accordance with types of the robot, wherein a plurality of casters and a plurality of stoppers are provided below the robot base stand, positions of the stoppers are adjustable in a vertical direction, and with the stoppers abutting against a floor surface, a position of the robot base stand is fixed.