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US 12,202,136 B2Granted
Automatic lubrication robot
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakeshi Shibata, Ryota Ono
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Abstract
An automatic lubrication robot includes a robot, a grease hose, and a delivery unit. The robot includes a lifting and lowering unit that moves linearly and an arm coupled to the lifting and lowering unit, and the robot is arranged in a clean room to perform an operation. Grease for lubricating the robot passes through the grease hose. In response to the linear movement of the lifting and lowering unit, the delivery unit delivers the grease to the robot via the grease hose.
Claims7
An automatic lubrication robot, comprising:
- a robot including a linear movement unit performing a linear movement and an arm coupled to the linear movement unit, the robot being arranged in a clean room to perform an operation;
- a supply path through which a lubricant for lubricating the robot passes;
- and
- a delivery unit configured to deliver the lubricant to the robot via the supply path, in response to the linear movement of the linear movement unit,
- wherein the delivery unit has a function of delivering air, and delivers the air in response to the linear movement of the linear movement unit, to deliver the lubricant to the supply path, and
- the delivery unit includes
- a first delivery unit configured to deliver the air in response to a pressing force from the linear movement unit;
- and
- a second delivery unit configured to deliver the lubricant by the air delivered by the first delivery unit.
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