Chip sweeping robot
First Claim
1. A chip sweeping robot configured to sweep chips, which are scattered on an upper surface of a table of a machine tool at the time of machining an object to be machined being attached onto the upper surface of the table, by traveling in accordance with a travel route set on the upper surface of the table, the chip sweeping robot comprises:
- a robot body configured to autonomously travel on the upper surface of the table;
a rotating brush provided in front of the robot body and configured to sweep the chips out forward in a traveling direction by being rotated from a lower side to an upper side forward in the traveling direction; and
a blade provided behind the rotating brush and configured to scoop out the chips, which pass through the rotating brush, forward in the traveling direction and to send the chips to a rotating region of the rotating brush.
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Abstract
There is provided a chip sweeping robot which is capable of possessing adaptability to various machine tools and automatically sweeping a wide range efficiently. To this end, a chip sweeping robot configured to sweep chips, which are scattered on an upper surface of a table of a machine tool at the time of machining a workpiece attached to the table, by traveling in accordance with a travel route set on the upper surface, includes: a robot body which autonomously travels on the upper surface; a rotating brush which sweeps the chips out forward in a traveling direction by being rotated from a lower side to an upper side forward in the traveling direction; and a blade which scoops out the chips, which pass through the rotating brush, forward in the traveling direction and sends the chips to a rotating region of the rotating brush.
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22 Claims
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1. A chip sweeping robot configured to sweep chips, which are scattered on an upper surface of a table of a machine tool at the time of machining an object to be machined being attached onto the upper surface of the table, by traveling in accordance with a travel route set on the upper surface of the table, the chip sweeping robot comprises:
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a robot body configured to autonomously travel on the upper surface of the table; a rotating brush provided in front of the robot body and configured to sweep the chips out forward in a traveling direction by being rotated from a lower side to an upper side forward in the traveling direction; and a blade provided behind the rotating brush and configured to scoop out the chips, which pass through the rotating brush, forward in the traveling direction and to send the chips to a rotating region of the rotating brush. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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