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Robot hand of an industrial robot

US4416577A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 1981
Grant dateNov 22, 1983
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T409/304088
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A robot hand provided for an industrial robot used in association with a machine tool for carrying out a manipulating operation of attaching a workpiece to and detaching a workpiece from a workpiece chucking means of the machine tool, said robot hand being characterized by including means for removing chips and other foreign materials attached to the workpiece holding means during the manipulating operation.

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