Work clamping device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10512995-B2
Application number	US-201715719675-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2017
Priority date	Oct 5, 2016
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

This work clamping device including a receiving member which has a first contacting surface which comes into contact with a first circumference position of an outer circumference surface of a columnar portion of a work and a second contacting surface which comes into contact with a second circumference position of the outer circumference surface of the columnar portion, an attraction member which is provided in the receiving member and which is made of a ferromagnetic material or a magnet, a pre-clamping positioning member which is attached to the columnar portion and which temporarily hold the columnar portion to the receiving member by being attracted to the attraction member by magnetic force, and a clamp mechanism which presses the columnar portion temporarily positioned by the pre-clamping positioning member toward the receiving member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A work clamping system comprising:
a receiving member which has a first contacting surface which comes into contact with a first circumference position of an outer circumference surface of a columnar portion of a work which has the columnar portion and a head portion provided at one end of the columnar portion in an axial direction of the columnar portion, and a second contacting surface which comes into contact with a second circumference position of the outer circumference surface of the columnar portion; and
a clamp mechanism which presses the columnar portion on the first contacting surface and the second contacting surface,
wherein a center of gravity of the work is located at a side of the head portion,
wherein the work clamping device further comprises:
an attraction member which is provided in the receiving member and which comprises a ferromagnetic material or a magnet; and
a pre-clamping positioning member which is not a liquid state but a solid state and which is to be inserted into a hollow portion in the columnar portion, the hollow portion extending in the axial direction of the columnar member, and which temporarily hold the columnar portion to the receiving member by being attracted to the attraction member by magnetic force,
wherein the clamp mechanism presses the columnar portion temporarily positioned by the pre-clamping positioning member on the first and the second contacting surfaces of the receiving member.

2. A work clamping system comprising:
a receiving member which has a V-shaped receiver which comes into contact with an outer circumference surface of a columnar portion of a work which has the columnar portion and a head portion provided at one end of the columnar portion in an axial direction of the columnar portion; and
a clamp mechanism which presses the columnar portion on the V-shaped receiver,
wherein a center of gravity of the work is located at a side of the head portion,
wherein the work clamping device further comprises:
an attraction member which is provided in the receiving member and which comprises a ferromagnetic material or a magnet; and
a pre-clamping positioning member which is not a liquid state but a solid state and which is to be fitted on an outer circumference surface of the columnar portion,
wherein a cavity portion is formed in the V-shaped receiver at a position corresponding to the pre-clamping positioning member,
wherein the clamp mechanism presses the columnar portion temporarily positioned by the pre-clamping positioning member on the V-shaped receiver of the receiving member.

3. The work clamping device according to claim 1 , wherein the attraction member further comprises an electromagnet.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Matake Kazuyoshi

Classifications

• B23Q3/1543 Primary

  using electromagnets · CPC title

• B23Q3/1546

  using permanent magnets · CPC title

• B23Q3/06

  Work-clamping means · CPC title

• B25B1/20

  Vices for clamping work of special profile, e.g. pipes · CPC title

• B23Q3/064

  for holding elongated workpieces, e.g. pipes, bars or profiles · CPC title