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US 11,027,417 B2Granted
Machine tool
AssigneeOkuma Corporation
InventorShoichi Morimura
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Abstract
A machine tool includes a workpiece spindle that retains a workpiece or a tool, a spindle motor that rotates the workpiece spindle, an in-machine robot that is provided inside the machine tool and that is an articulated robot having one or more joints, and a plurality of gears that connect or disconnect a root joint which is placed, among the one or more joints, closest to a base end, and the spindle motor to or from each other.
Claims7
A machine tool comprising:
- a retaining member that retains a workpiece or a tool;
- a first motor that rotates or moves the retaining member;
- an in-machine robot that is provided inside the machine tool and that is an articulated robot having one or more joints;
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- a connection mechanism that connects or disconnects a root joint which is placed, among the one or more joints, closest to a base end, and the first motor to or from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.