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AssigneesNissan Motor Co., Ltd., Sunrise Meisei Corporation
InventorsYoshitaka Shimada, Kimihiro Kadowaki, Teruo Inouchi
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A method and apparatus for performing repetitive cycles of panel coating operations using a programmable manipulator including a manipulator arm movable along a plurality of axes. The apparatus comprises a hand unit carried on the manipulator arm. The hand unit is movable so as to bring the brush held by it into resilient contact with an area of the panel to be coated. A coating material is injected into the brush at a predetermined rate while the brush is held in resilient sliding contact with the panel and while the manipulator arm moves about the panel to coat a preselected area of the panel. After the preselected area of the panel has been coated, the manipulator arm is moved to move the brush out of contact with the panel. Between coating cycles, the manipulator arm moves the brush into a storage chamber where it is treated to prevent the coating material from caking on the coating brush.
A method of performing repetitive cycles of panel coating operation using a programmable manipulator including a manipulator arm movable along a plurality of axes, said manipulator arm carrying thereon a hand unit holding a coating brush, comprising the steps of:
An apparatus for perfoming repetitive cycles of panel coating operation using a programmable manipulator including a manipulator arm movable along a plurality of axes and control means for controlling movement of said manipulator arm as programmed during an initial teaching operation, comprising:
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