Joint mechanism
AssigneeNabtesco Corporation
InventorKoji Nakamura
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Abstract
There is provided a joint mechanism constituted by a base 1, a turning base 4 provided above the base and rotated, and an arm 6 a lower end portion is pivotably supported by the turning base, in which a speed reducer 2 for rotating the turning base is provided at inside of the base, a counterbalance system 10 constituted by a cylinder 7 pivotably supported above the turning base and filled with a lubricant, a piston 8 provided in a hermetically sealed state slidably in a longitudinal direction at inside of the cylinder, and a piston rod 9 one end portion of which is connected to the piston and other end portion of which is connected to the arm 6 is provided, the speed reducer and the cylinder of the counterbalance system are connected and a lubricant of the speed reducer is introduced into the cylinder.
Claims2
A joint mechanism comprising:
- a base,
- a turning base provided above the base and rotated, and
- an arm a lower end portion of which is pivotably supported by the turning base,
- wherein a speed reducer for rotating the turning base is provided at inside of the base, a cylinder pivotably supported above the turning base and filled with a lubricant, a piston provided in a hermetically sealed state at inside of the cylinder slidably in a longitudinal direction, and a piston rod one end portion of which is connected to the piston and another end portion of which is connected to the arm are provided, the speed reducer and the cylinder are connected, and
- the lubricant of the speed reducer is introduced into the cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.