Industrial machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10590977-B2
Application number	US-201816101906-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2018
Priority date	Sep 28, 2017
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

Provided is an industrial machine including a base including a through hole vertically passing through the base and installed on an installation surface F using a fastener through the through hole and a friction reducing member configured to protrude from a bottom surface of the base to reduce friction between the base and the installation surface. The friction reducing member is lowered below the bottom surface of the base during relocation and raised to the same level as or above the bottom surface of the base during installation by a vertical force applied to the base using the through hole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An industrial machine comprising:
a base including a through hole vertically passing through the base and configured to be installed on an installation surface using a fastener through the through hole; and
a friction reducing member configured to protrude from a bottom surface of the base to reduce friction between the base and the installation surface;
wherein the friction reducing member is lowered below the bottom surface of the base during relocation of the industrial machine and raised to the same level as or above the bottom surface of the base during installation of the industrial machine according to a vertical force applied to the base by the fastener received in the through hole;
wherein the base comprises a raised part extending upward in a central part of the base; and
wherein the friction reducing member is stored in a space inside the raised part during installation of the industrial machine.

2. The industrial machine according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener is a bolt having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the through hole.

3. The industrial machine according to claim 2 , wherein the through hole includes, in an upper part thereof, a counterbore configured to at least partially accommodate a head of the bolt.

4. The industrial machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an elastic member generating elastic restoring force to lift the base from the installation surface by pushing the friction reducing member against the installation surface, wherein
during installation, the elastic member is elastically deformed by the vertical force to lower the base and to bring the bottom surface of the base into firm contact with the installation surface, and
during relocation, the vertical force is reduced, and the elastic member lifts the base from the installation surface using the elastic restoring force.

5. The industrial machine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the industrial machine is a robot;
the base comprises a columnar member extending vertically upward from a top of the raised part; and
a movable part of the robot is supported at a top end of the columnar member.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Nakayama Kazutaka
• Morioka Masahiro

Classifications

• F16B13/124 Primary

  fastened by inserting a threaded element, e.g. screw or bolt (F16B13/122, F16B13/128 take precedence) · CPC title

• B25J9/042

  comprising an articulated arm · CPC title

• B25J5/007 Primary

  mounted on wheels · CPC title

• B25J13/089

  Determining the position of the robot with reference to its environment · CPC title

• B25J9/0009 Primary

  Constructional details, e.g. manipulator supports, bases · CPC title