Vehicle body painting robot
AssigneesMazda Motor Corporation, Tokico Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Kiba, Yoshimasa Itoh, Kiyuji Kiryu
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Abstract
A vehicle body painting robot for automatically coating a paint on vehicle bodies which are transferred along a conveyer line, the robot including an arm which is supported on a pedestal rotatably in both vertical and horizontal planes, and a paint applicator for spraying the paint toward a vehicle body delivered to a coating booth. The robot is provided with a door handler on the arm for opening and closing the vehicle door before and after painting the inner side and marginal peripheral portions of the vehicle door.
Claims11
A robot for coating a paint on a vehicle body which is transferred along a conveyor line, said robot comprising:
- (a) an arm supported on a pedestal rotatably in both horizontal and vertical planes;
- (b) a rotary actuator supported at the fore end of said arm;
- (c) a paint applicator supported on the output shaft of said rotary actuator for spraying a paint toward said vehicle body;
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- (d) a door handler supported on the output shaft of said rotary actuator and engagable with the door of said vehicle body to open or close said door.
A robot for coating a paint on a vehicle body which is transferred along a conveyor line, said robot comprising:
- (a) an arm supported on a pedestal, said arm being rotatable in both the horizontal and vertical planes;
- (b) a paint applicator supported on said arm for spraying a paint towards said vehicle body;
- (c) a door handler mounted on said arm and engagable with the door of said vehicle body to open or close said door, said door handler being provided with a finger member to be fitted in a window lifter groove of said door;
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- (d) a non-contact sensor mounted on said arm for detecting the position of said window lifter group of said door, said sensor being connected to an air feed pipe to receive a supply of purging air, thereby preventing deposition of sprayed paint on sensing portions of said sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.