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US 2018/0009075 A1Published application
Workpiece conveyance pallet and production line
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsYoshihide Maeda, Hiroshi Inutake
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Abstract
A workpiece conveyance pallet which can reduce the manufacturing cost and improve the reliability. The workpiece conveyance pallet includes a rest surface on which a workpiece is mounted, and a clamping mechanism which clamps the workpiece, the clamping mechanism including an openable and closable, first claw and second claw, a biasing section which biases the first claw and the second claw in the closing direction, and a movement restriction section which detachably engages with the first claw and the second claw when the first claw and the second claw are opened.
Claims9
A workpiece conveyance pallet comprising:
- a rest surface on which a workpiece is placed;
- and
- a clamping mechanism configured to clamp the workpiece placed on the rest surface,
- wherein the clamping mechanism comprises:
- a first claw and a second claw arranged on the rest surface so as to open and close, and configured to clamp the workpiece, at least one of the first claw and the second claw being movable with respect to the rest surface;
- a biasing section configured to bias the at least one of the first claw and the second claw in a closing direction;
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- a movement restriction section configured to detachably engage the at least one of the first claw and the second claw when the first claw and the second claw are opened, the movement restriction section restricting movement of the at least one of the first claw and the second claw in the closing direction when engaging the at least one of the first claw and the second claw, and allowing the at least one of the first claw and the second claw to move in the closing direction by an action of the biasing section when detaching from the at least one of the first claw and the second claw.
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