Working unit and working device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11173596-B2
Application number	US-201816127323-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2018
Priority date	Mar 15, 2016
Publication date	Nov 16, 2021
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021

Abstract

A working unit includes a tool rotation mechanism, a first turning mechanism turning the tool rotation mechanism about a first axis, and a second turning mechanism turning the tool rotation mechanism and the first turning mechanism about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The first turning mechanism includes a motor having a stator connected to the second turning mechanism and a hollow shaft-shaped rotor arranged inside the stator in such a manner that the rotor is capable of rotating about the first axis, and a second rotating body including one arm portion coupled to one end portion of the rotor, the other arm portion coupled to the other end portion of the rotor, and an arm coupling portion that couples the arm portions to each other. The tool rotation mechanism is provided on the second rotating body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A working unit to which a tool for performing work on a workpiece disposed in a working space is attached, the working unit comprising:
a tool rotation mechanism that rotates the tool;
a first turning mechanism that turns the tool rotation mechanism about a first axis; and
a second turning mechanism that turns the tool rotation mechanism and the first turning mechanism about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis,
wherein the first turning mechanism includes:
a motor that has a stator connected to the second turning mechanism and a rotor that is a hollow shaft-shaped rotor and is arranged inside an inner periphery of the stator in such a manner that the rotor is capable of rotating about the first axis as a central axis; and
a second rotating body that includes a first arm portion coupled to a first end portion of the rotor, a second arm portion that is at a side of a second end portion of the rotor and is not coupled to the rotor, and an arm coupling portion that couples the first arm portion and the second arm portion to each other,
wherein the second turning mechanism includes a second motor as a driving source of the second turning mechanism,
wherein the tool rotation mechanism includes:
a main body that is provided on the second rotating body and is connected to the rotor;
a rotating body that is attached to the main body and rotates the tool; and
a drive transmission portion that transmits a rotational drive force to the rotating body,
wherein the drive transmission portion includes:
a rotational drive source that supplies the rotational drive force; and
a transmission mechanism that transmits the rotational drive force from the rotational drive source to the rotating body, and
wherein the rotational drive source is arranged so that a drive rotational axis of the rotational drive source is parallel with a rotational axis of the tool and is offset from the rotational axis of the tool in a direction of extension of the first axis.

2. The working unit according to claim 1 , wherein an extension line of the rotational axis of the tool passes through an intersection of the first axis of the first turning mechanism and the second axis of the second turning mechanism.

3. The working unit according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission mechanism is a belt transmission mechanism.

4. The working unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first arm portion has a communication portion through which a wire connected to the tool rotation mechanism is capable of being routed through a hollow portion of the rotor.

5. The working unit according to claim 4 , wherein the second turning mechanism includes:
a rotating stage that supports the first turning mechanism;
the second motor that rotates the rotating stage about the second axis; and
a supporting body that supports the second rotational drive source.

6. The working unit according to claim 5 , wherein the second turning mechanism includes a housing portion that houses the wire routed from the supporting body to the rotating stage around an outer periphery side of the second rotational drive source.

7. A working device, comprising:
the working unit according to claim 1 ;
a plane movement mechanism that moves the working unit in a predetermined plane set in the working space; and
a vertical movement mechanism that moves the working unit in a vertical plane perpendicular to the predetermined plane set in the working space.

8. The working device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a placement unit arranged in the working space on which the workpiece is placed and held.

9. The working device according to claim 8 , wherein the plane movement mechanism includes a plane guide portion that guides a movement of the vertical movement mechanism, and
the working device further comprises a strut portion that supports the plane guide portion in such a manner that the working unit is capable of being moved in the working space.

10. A working unit to which a tool for performing work on a workpiece disposed in a working space is attached, the working unit comprising:
a tool rotation mechanism that rotates the tool;
a first turning mechanism that turns the tool rotation mechanism about a first axis; and
a second turning mechanism that turns the tool rotation mechanism and the first turning mechanism about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis,
wherein the second turning mechanism includes a rotating stage that supports the first turning mechanism,
wherein the first turning mechanism includes:
a motor that has a stator connected to the second turning mechanism and a rotor that is a hollow shaft-shaped rotor and is arranged inside an inner periphery of the stator in such a manner that the rotor is capable of rotating about the first axis as a central axis; and
a second rotating body that includes a first arm portion coupled to a first end portion of the rotor, a second arm portion that is at a side of a second end portion of the rotor, is distinct from the second end portion of the rotor and is coupled to the arm supporting portion, and an arm coupling portion that couples the first arm portion and the second arm portion to each other, and
the tool rotation mechanism includes a tool rotation motor as a driving source of the tool rotation mechanism and is provided on the second rotating body.

11. The working unit according to claim 10 , wherein the first arm portion has a communication portion through which a wire connected to the tool rotation mechanism is capable of being routed through a hollow portion of the rotor.

12. The working unit according to claim 11 , wherein the second turning mechanism includes:
a second rotational drive source that rotates the rotating stage about the second axis; and
a supporting body that supports the second rotational drive source.

13. The working unit according to claim 12 , wherein the second turning mechanism includes a housing portion that houses the wire routed from the supporting body to the rotating stage around an outer periphery side of the second rotational drive source.

Assignees

• Hirata Spinning

Inventors

• Maruno Yutaro

Classifications

• B23Q1/0009

  Energy-transferring means or control lines for movable machine parts; Control panels or boxes; Control parts (control handles for driving or feeding mechanisms B23Q5/54) · CPC title

• H02K7/116 Primary

  with gears · CPC title

• B25J9/02 Primary

  characterised by movement of the arms, e.g. cartesian coordinate type (B25J9/06 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B25J17/0258

  Two-dimensional joints · CPC title

• B25J17/0266

  comprising more than two actuating or connecting rods · CPC title