Cleaning tool attachment
AssigneeSugino Machine Limited
InventorShun Fujita
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Abstract
A cleaning tool attachment reduces the amount of foreign matter or cleaning liquid remaining on a workpiece. The cleaning tool attachment includes a housing, a first shaft integrally connectable to a main spindle, a second shaft having an axial direction different from an axial direction of the first shaft, a plurality of tool mounting shafts having an axial direction parallel to the axial direction of the second shaft, a rotation axis conversion gear mechanism arranged in the housing, and a synchronous rotation mechanism arranged in the housing. The synchronous rotation mechanism transmits a driving force of the second shaft to the plurality of tool mounting shafts, and rotates the plurality of tool mounting shafts at the same rotational speed and with synchronous phase angles.
Claims20
A cleaning tool attachment for mounting a plurality of cleaning tools onto a main spindle of a cleaning device, the attachment comprising:
- a housing;
- a first shaft integrally connectable to the main spindle to have a common axis, the first shaft supported on the housing in a rotatable manner;
- a second shaft having an axial direction different from an axial direction of the first shaft, the second shaft being supported on the housing in a rotatable manner;
- a plurality of tool mounting shafts having an axial direction parallel to the axial direction of the second shaft, the plurality of tool mounting shafts being supported on the housing in a rotatable manner, the plurality of tool mounting shafts configured to be fed with a cleaning liquid simultaneously;
- a rotation axis conversion gear mechanism arranged in the housing, the rotation axis conversion gear mechanism being configured to transmit a driving force from the first shaft to the second shaft to change a direction of the rotation axis;
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- a synchronous rotation mechanism arranged in the housing, the synchronous rotation mechanism being configured to transmit a driving force of the second shaft to the plurality of tool mounting shafts, and rotate the plurality of tool mounting shafts about each tool mounting shaft at the same rotational speed and with synchronous phase angles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.