Linear-displacement module for automatic machines
US4156367A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 22, 1977 |
| Grant date | May 29, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/2186
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for moving a robot or automatic machine having a first carriage movable along parallel rails in a direction X'OX and supporting a second carriage movable in a direction Y'OY perpendicular to the direction X'OX, along rails supported by said first carriage. The end elements of each of the carriages are modular in conception and constitute a lateral face of the carriage, comprising a flat housing open on one large face, said open face being closed by a plate secured thereto. The carriages are movable on racks on each of the supporting rails, being engaged by pinions, and a set of gears is disposed in each of the housings, being connected between a driving means and the shaft of the pinion in a first module of each carriage and being connected between a drive shaft between the first and second modules of each carriage and the shaft of the pinion of the second module, in the case of the second module.
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