IP Library Granted Patent US 10,005,140
Granted Patent B2
US 10,005,140 · App. 14/392,180 · Granted Jun 26, 2018

Machining apparatus

Inventor: Norio Tanaka (Isesaki, JP)
Assignee: NIHON SHORYOKU KIKAI CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,005,140
App. No.
14/392,180
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A machining apparatus capable of performing chamfering with high precision is provided. A machining unit 13 is provided at a distal end portion 12 a of an arm 12 of an articulated robot 11 , and the machining unit 13 includes a profiling roller 57 , which serves as a roller that abuts against a part to be profiled Wd of a workpiece W, and a rotatable tool 41 having an axis line 41 a having a distance between the rotatable tool 41 and the profiling roller 57 in conformity with a width of the workpiece W (width of a band-like portion Wc) and extending in parallel with an axis line 57 a corresponding to a support axis of the profiling roller 57 , and the rotatable tool 41 includes cutting blades 41 b or blade portions 73 and 73 as chamfering blades.

Claims (18)

1. A machining apparatus for machining a workpiece including a surface to be machined at one side edge and a part to be abutted at another side edge, the machining apparatus comprising:

a profiling member having a reference surface that abuts against the part to be abutted so as to locate the workpiece;

a machining tool provided in such a manner that the workpiece is held between the profiling member and the machining tool, and in such a manner that a distance between the machining tool and the profiling member corresponds to a width of the workpiece;

a machining unit including a workpiece pinching jig including a pair of rollers, the machining unit is moved in a state that the workpiece is held between the pair of rollers such that the surface to be machined of the workpiece is machined by the machining tool;

a movable body on which the profiling member and the machining tool are both supported, wherein the movable body is slidably joined to a slider via a slide mechanism; and

a base body to which the slider is slidably joined via a further slide mechanism.

2. The machining apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising an actuator capable of varying the distance between the profiling member and the machining tool.

3. The machining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the profiling member is a roller.

4. The machining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an actuator is provided to slide the profiling member towards and away from the machining tool.

5. The machining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of rollers is moved to open and close via a centering mechanism.

6. The machining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the machining tool is a rotatable tool.

7. The machining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the machining tool is a scraper.

8. The machining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the profiling member includes a roller, an axis of which extends in parallel with an axis line of the machining tool.

9. The machining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the machining tool is a rotatable tool including a pair of cutting blades.

10. The machining apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the profiling member is a roller.

11. The machining apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein an actuator is provided to slide the profiling member towards and away from the machining tool.

12. The machining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the machining tool is configured to perform chamfering of the workpiece.

13. The machining apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the pair of rollers is moved to open and close via a centering mechanism.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 3, 2025
From: NIHON SHORYOKU KIKAI CO., LTD.
To: NSK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073832/0353 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2016
From: TANAKA, NORIO
To: NIHON SHORYOKU KIKAI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037577/0825 →
Continuity (1)
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