US 12,186,768 B2
Robot system provided with painting robot and arrangement of flowmeter in non-explosion-safe area
Shusaku Yamaguchi, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe (JP)
Appl. No. 17/610,354
Filed by KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/010468
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/079542, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-194271 (JP), filed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0241809 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B05B 12/08 (2006.01); B05B 13/04 (2006.01); B05C 11/10 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 12/085 (2013.01) [B05B 13/0431 (2013.01); B05C 11/1002 (2013.01); B25J 11/0075 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot system, comprising:
a paint supply source disposed in a first explosion-proof area;
a sending-out device disposed in a second explosion-proof area;
a painting robot disposed in the second explosion-proof area;
a channel connecting the paint supply source to the painting robot through the sending-out device, and disposed so that a part thereof is located in a non-explosion-proof area, the non-explosion-proof area disposed between the first explosion-proof area and the second explosion-proof area; and
a noncontact flowmeter disposed in the channel and configured to detect a flow rate of a paint flowing through the channel.