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US 12,687,244 B2Granted
Pipe-joining attachment for work machine, work machine provided with same, and pipe-joining method
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsYasushi Idomoto, Hayato Kageyama, Yasuhiro Miyazaki, Yusuke Takagi, Keiichiro Yamamoto, Masato Takenonaka
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Abstract
A pipe-joining attachment of a work machine includes an arm connecting unit connected to an arm of the work machine; a grip unit configured to grip a pipe; and a to-be-joined pipe contact unit located with respect to the grip unit in an axial direction of an insertion port of the pipe which is gripped by the grip unit and configured to come into contact with an outer peripheral surface of a to-be-joined pipe to be joined to the pipe on a receiving port side.
Claims8
A pipe-joining attachment of a work machine, comprising:
- an arm connecting unit connected to an arm of the work machine;
- a grip unit configured to be supported by the arm connecting unit and to grip a pipe;
- a support portion configured to be supported by the arm connecting unit, the support portion being extending to be located in an axial direction of an insertion port of the pipe a part of which is gripped by the grip unit and extending downward with respect to the grip unit at a position in the axial direction;
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- a to-be-joined pipe contact unit configured to be connected to a lower end of the support portion, to be located with respect to the grip unit in the axial direction, to come into contact with only a portion, that is located above an axis of a to-be-joined pipe, of an outer peripheral surface of the to-be-joined pipe to be joined to the pipe on a receiving port side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.