US 11,926,010 B2
Processing apparatus and processing method
Yoshiki Tazawa, Hiroshima (JP); and Masaki Shiwaki, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,104.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-134832 (JP), filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0056338 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B23Q 11/00 (2006.01); B23C 9/00 (2006.01); B23Q 11/10 (2006.01); B24B 47/14 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 11/10 (2013.01) [B23C 9/00 (2013.01); B24B 47/14 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processing apparatus comprising:
an apparatus main body comprising:
a base portion that is:
a movable spindle of a numerical control (NC) machine tool, or
a movable arm of a multi-axis robot; and
a liquid supply unit that is configured to supply a liquid to the base portion;
a chuck portion connected to the base portion and including an attachment hole that is open outward;
a processing tool detachably mounted on the chuck portion and that comprises:
a cylinder fitted into and held by the attachment hole;
a drive unit disposed inside the cylinder and comprising a rotating body configured to rotate around a central axis by the liquid introduced from the liquid supply unit via the base portion;
a rotary shaft protruding outward from an inside of the cylinder along the central axis and configured to rotate integrally with the rotating body; and
a tool portion connected to a tip of the rotary shaft; and
an outer cylinder:
of which one end is non-rotatably connected to the cylinder,
that extends along the central axis, and
that includes an outer cylinder insertion hole into which the rotary shaft is inserted.