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Explosion-proof industrial robot

US4732526A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 27, 1986
Grant dateMar 22, 1988
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25J19/0079
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electric industrial robot comprises a movable robot assembly (10) forming therein an airtight chamber, and an electric drive unit for driving the robot assembly. The electric drive unit comprises a plurality of motors (36-41). The respective casings (36a-41a) of the motors are disposed within the airtight chamber (30) of the robot assembly. Electric cables (57-62) connected to the motors, respectively, are led through the airtight chamber into a fixed pipe (67) connected to the robot assembly. The interior of the motors and the interior of the airtight chamber are kept at a pressure higher than an atmospheric pressure outside the robot assembly.

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