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Cable treatment equipment for industrial robot

Assignee: Fanuc Corp
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Filing: 1986-12-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-12-11
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Abstract

Abstract Cable treatment equipment for an industrial robot, comprising a cylindrical support housing (2), a rotary housing (3) rotatably supported by said support housing (2) to be rotated around a rotary shaft, i.e. a center shaft, and cables (5) connecting said rotary housing (3) with said support housing (2); one end of a cable guide (4) forming approximately a U-shaped configuration being supported on the axis of said rotary shaft inside said rotary housing, the other end thereof being supported on the axis of said rotary shaft inside said support housing, further, space being provided in the rotary housing (3) and the support housing (2) to allow the cable guide (4) to rotate within predetermined angles.

Inventors

  • 👤 Nobutoshi Torii
  • 👤 Ryo Nihei
  • 👤 Hitoshi Mizuno

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 17:38
CPC Classifications
B; B25; B25J; B25J19/00; B25J19/0025; B25J19/0029; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/32; Y10T403/32114; Y10T403/32213; Y10T403/32549; Y10T403/32557; Y10T403/32975

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 109 words
A cable arranging device for an industrial robot, for arranging cables interconnecting a swing shaft swingable through a prescribed angle and a support supporting the swing shaft, comprising: a cylindrical support casing; a swing casing angulary movably supported on said support casing and swingable around said swing shaft; a substantially C-shaped cable gudie having one end'pivotally supported in said swing shaft on the axis of said swing shaft and an opposite end pivotally supported in said support casing on the axis of said swing shaft; and spaces defined in said swing casing and said support casing, respectively, for allowing said cable guide to swing therein through a prescribed angle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 109 words
A cable arranging device for an industrial robot, for arranging cables interconnecting a swing shaft swingable through a prescribed angle and a support supporting the swing shaft, comprising: a cylindrical support casing; a swing casing angulary movably supported on said support casing and swingable around said swing shaft; a substantially C-shaped cable gudie having one end'pivotally supported in said swing shaft on the axis of said swing shaft and an opposite end pivotally supported in said support casing on the axis of said swing shaft; and spaces defined in said swing casing and said support casing, respectively, for allowing said cable guide to swing therein through a prescribed angle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 19 words
A cable arranging device according to claim 1, wherein said swing casing is supported upwardly of siad support casing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 31 words
A cable arranging device according to claim 1, wherein said cable guide has a slot through which said cables extend and which has rounded ends from which said cables are drawn.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 29 words
A cable arranging device according to claim 1, wherein said cable guide defines an angle through which said swing casing and said support casing are swung in said spaces.

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