Laying device for laying line element
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsKuniyasu Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Masahiro Morioka
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Abstract
A robot arm is provided at a forward end thereof with a rotation shaft member rotatable about a rotation axis thereof, in which a hollow portion is formed along the rotation axis. A laying device for laying a line element includes a relaying means for relaying an arm side section of the line element, extending through the hollow portion out of a lead-out opening formed on a side of the rotation shaft member, to a tool side section of the line element extending from the tool. A direction in which the relaying means connects the line element is substantially parallel to a tool mount surface and forms an angle other than 0° with regard to a radial direction perpendicular to the rotation axis.
Claims8
A laying device for laying a line element connected to a tool attached to a forward end of a robot arm, said robot arm provided at the forward end thereof with a rotation shaft member rotatable about a rotation axis thereof, said rotation shaft member having a hollow portion formed along the rotation axis, and a tool mount surface, formed at the forward end of said rotation shaft member, for the tool to be mounted thereon,
- wherein said laying device comprises a relaying means for relaying an arm side section of the line element, extending through said hollow portion out of a lead-out opening formed on a side of said rotation shaft member, to a tool side section of the line element extending from the tool, so that a direction in which said relaying means connects the line element is substantially parallel to said tool mount surface and forms an angle other than 0° with regard to a radial direction perpendicular to the rotation axis.
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