US 2022/0024055 A1Published application

Electric tool changer

AssigneeGimatic S.p.A.

InventorGiuseppe BELLANDI

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Abstract

A tool changer is described, the tool changer includes a robot-side portion having a longitudinal axis and fixable to a manipulator, and a tool-side portion fixable to a tool and abuts against the robot- side portion along the longitudinal axis. The tool changer also includes a lock to lock the tool-side portion on the robot-side portion, and an actuator of the lock. The lock is selectively movable by the actuator between a locked position, where it engages the tool-side portion that abuts against the robot-side portion, thereby preventing the separation of the two portions of the tool changer, and an unlocked position, where it does not engage the tool-side portion, which can therefore be separated from the robot- side portion. The actuator of the lock is an electric motor whose drive shaft rotates on a rotation axis parallel to the longitudinal axis.

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Dependent claims

A tool changer (100, 101) comprising:

a robot-side portion (1), having a longitudinal axis (Z-Z), and configured to be fixed to a manipulator;
a tool-side portion (2) configured to be fixed to a tool and to abut against the robot-side portion (1) along said longitudinal axis (Z-Z);
a lock (5) to lock the tool-side portion (2) on the robot-side portion (1);
an actuator of the lock (5);
wherein the lock (5, 14) is selectively movable between a locked position, where the lock engages the tool-side portion (2) that abuts against the robot-side portion (1), thereby preventing separation from the robot-side portion (1), and an unlocked position, where the lock does not engage the tool-side portion (2), thereby allowing detachment of the tool-side portion (2) from the robot-side portion (1), wherein the actuator of the lock (5, 14) is an electric motor (16) having a drive shaft (17) rotating on a rotation axis (26) parallel to the longitudinal axis (Z-Z).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.