Handling apparatus
AssigneeKoganei Corporation
InventorKazuki Miyazawa
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Abstract
A floating plate 41 is attached radially movably to an apparatus body 10 attached to a movable member, and a workpiece holding device for holding a workpiece is mounted on the floating plate 41. A lock plate 33 for fastening reciprocably the floating plate 41 to the apparatus body 10 in a radial direction is provided, and a fastening piston 31 is coupled to the lock plate 33 through a fastening rod 32, and the floating plate 41 is fastened at any position. An aligning piston 47 in which a taper surface 51 engaged with an aligning hole 52 of the floating plate 41 is formed is mounted reciprocably on the apparatus body 10 in the radial direction, and the floating plate 41 is returned to an origin position by the aligning piston 47.
Claims7
A handling apparatus mounted on a moving member and conveying a workpiece to an installing position for installation, the handling apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body attached to the moving member;
- a floating plate attached so as to be movable in a diametrical direction with respect to a center axis of the apparatus body, the floating plate to be mounted on a workpiece holding device for holding the workpiece;
- a fastening rod provided in the apparatus body so as to be reciprocable in an axial direction, a lock plate for fastening the floating plate is attached to the fastening rod;
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- a plurality of aligning pistons having taper surfaces engaged respectively with a plurality of aligning holes formed in the floating plate, the aligning pistons being mounted on the apparatus body so as to be reciprocable in the axial direction,
- wherein the floating plate is fastened to the apparatus body by the lock plate, and the floating plate is returned to a reference position of the apparatus body by the aligning pistons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.