Automatic assembling apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Miyazaki, Takao Miyatani, Akira Ishizaki
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Abstract
An automatic assembly apparatus for fastening a part to a workpiece includes a pair of T-shaped legs, each having a horizontal guide thereon, mounted on a base in alignment with and spaced from each other in the direction of the path of the workpiece while the horizontal guide on each of the T-shaped legs extends at right angles to and intersects the path of the workpiece. A horizontal orthogonal coordinate type robot is mounted on the horizontal guides to move in the direction of the path of the workpiece while being simultaneously movable at right angles to and intersecting the path of the workpiece. A conveyor jig is mounted on each of the vertical structures between the base and the T-shaped legs.
Claims7
An automatic assembly apparatus for fastening parts to a workpiece which is movable along a path, comprising:
- a base;
- a pair of spaced vertically extending columns mounted on said base, said columns being spaced from each other in the direction of the path of the workpiece;
- a pair of T-shaped legs disposed on adjacent upper ends of said columns, each of said legs having a horizontal portion extending substantially transverse to the direction of the workpiece path;
- a pair of guides, each mounted on one of said T-shaped legs extending at right angles to and intersecting the path of the workpiece;
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- a horizontal orthogonal coordinate type assembling robot having an elongated supporting member fastened at opposite ends to said pair of guides for bridging the pair of columns, one of said pair of guides being disposed on the corresponding T-shaped leg to block removal of the member in the vertical direction, said elongated member being capable of reciprocating along said pair of guides, said robot being capable of reciprocating along said elongated member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.