Industrial robot having a detachable electrical connection between housing on robot arm and tool holder
US4830569A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 28, 1988 |
| Grant date | May 16, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T279/35
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device in an industrial robot permitting rapid exchange of tools in spite of the fact that the tools require both electric and pneumatic operating pulses. The robot hand supports a housing and a tool holder attachment rotatably journalled in the housing, a tool holder being detachably arranged in the tool holder attachment. An automatically breakable electrical connection is provided between the housing and the tool holder by means of slip rings, arranged either on the housing or on the tool holder, and collector shoes, making contact with the slip rings, on the corresponding tool holder or housing.
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