Robot tool changer and overload device
CA 2035104 A1 · Owner: General Motors Corporation · Inventors: Zuccaro, Dante C.; Kovach, John; Kudwa, Frank J.
Overview
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A robot tool changer and overload device has first and second separable plates adapted to be respectively connected to a robot arm and to an end of arm tooling device (EOAT) for the robot; a magnet is connected to one of the plates and a steel insert is connected to the other of the plates for providing a magnetic attraction therebetween for holding the first and second plates together; a pair of frustoconical bearing surfaces are formed on the first and second plates at an angle and a depth to interconnect the plates during normal operation and operative to produce pivotal release movement between the plates when an overload force is applied thereto; a flange on one of the plates is …
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- Filed January 28, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 28, 2011.
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