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Robotic apparatus for painting

US9782789B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

FANUC AMERICA CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Andrzej Grzegorz Bania · Warren, US
Michael G. Beem · Sterling Heights, US
James Bryon Gerds, II · Rochester Hills, US
Marcin Gora · Shelby Charter Township, US
Stan H. McClosky · Rochester Hills, US
David M. Moore · San Francisco, US
Matthew Ray Sikowski · Clarkston, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 10, 2013
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 25, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S901/43
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A robotic apparatus for painting a workpiece includes a redundant axis robot for use in a robotic painting system. The redundant axis of rotation provides the robot arm additional flexibility in avoiding obstacles and reaching an interior of the workpiece to apply paint thereto. The robotic apparatus could be a seven-axis robot arm or a five-axis parallel link panel opener robot arm for opening and/or closing the panel. The robot arms are mounted on at least one vertically oriented column adjacent a path of travel of the workpiece through a painting booth and the robot arms can be mounted on a common base.

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