Robot cover

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-03-08
SCHODOWSKI ROBERT
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[0016]Thereafter, the paint, as well as any fasteners that might be attached to the robot cover, may be simply strained from the resulting mixture and the dissolved polyvinyl

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Any defects in the paint job for the automotive vehicle often require that the vehicle be repainted, which is not only time consuming but also expensive to perform.
Unless properly addressed, the paint accumulation on the robot might otherwise break free of the robot and cause a defect on the vehicle.
After prolonged use, these robot covers become laden with paint and, when that happens, the cover is removed and discarded.
More specifically, such robot cover

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[0020]With reference first to FIG. 1, an exemplary robot 10 is illustrated having a manipulator arm 12. A paint spray gun 14 is carried by the manipulator arm 12 which manipulates the paint spray gun to spray the desired amount of paint in the desired pattern on a component 16. The component 16, furthermore, may be any type of component, such as an automotive vehicle, a component for an automotive vehicle, or other types of products.

[0021]Still referring to FIG. 1, not all of the paint from the paint spray gun 16 adheres to the component 16 during the paint spray operation. Instead, a portion of the paint spray from the paint spray gun 16 during the paint spray operation bounces or blows back from the product during the paint spray operation back toward the robot itself. Likewise, in the event that there are multiple robots paint spraying the component at the same time, any overspray from one robot may be directed toward the other robot or robots.

[0022]In order to prevent the robot ...

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A robot cover made of a film of polyvinyl alcohol in which the film is dimensioned to fit around at least a portion of an industrial robot. A fastening mechanism, such as a snap, attaches the film around that portion of the robot. After use and when presumably covered with a layer of paint, the robot cover is placed in warm water which dissolves the polyvinyl alcohol and separates the paint for subsequent disposal.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]I. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to covers for industrial robots.[0003]II. Description of Related Art[0004]Many industries, such as the automotive industry, utilize industrial robots to paint the manufactured components, such as automotive vehicles. Such robots enable each automotive vehicle to be painted in a consistent fashion since the robot may be programmed to perform the same painting pattern for each vehicle.[0005]In the automotive industry, automotive manufacturers demand that the paint job for the vehicle be defect free. Any defects in the paint job for the automotive vehicle often require that the vehicle be repainted, which is not only time consuming but also expensive to perform.[0006]The previously known robots utilized by the automotive industry to paint automotive vehicles utilized paint spray guns to spray the paint onto the vehicle. As a practical matter, not all of the paint adheres to the vehicle but, in...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D65/22
CPCB25J19/0075
Inventor SCHODOWSKI, ROBERT
Owner SCHODOWSKI ROBERT
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