US 11,998,957 B2
Device for spinning a workpiece
Korbinian Gerlach, Gauting (DE); Stefan K. Welker, Geltendorf (DE); Christian A. Richter, Feldafing (DE); Thomas K. Müller, Gauting (DE); Bastian P. Kirchner, Fürstenfeldbruck (DE); Rudolf Schmid, Eichenau (DE); and Malte Korten, Moorenweis (DE)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/309,909
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/050455
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/152587, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19153432 (EP), filed on Jan. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0111424 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B08B 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); B08B 11/02 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC B08B 7/00 (2013.01) [A61C 13/0013 (2013.01); A61C 13/0019 (2013.01); B08B 11/02 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/04 (2013.01); B25J 19/002 (2013.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for spinning a workpiece, comprising a rotor for spinning about a spinning axis and a receptacle for holding the workpiece, the receptacle being pivotally connected to the rotor for swiveling about a swivel axis that is transverse to the spinning axis, such that swiveling of the receptacle is enabled between a first angular orientation relative to the spinning axis and a different second angular orientation relative to the spinning axis, wherein the device comprises a balancing weight that is movably arranged relative to the receptacle and being lockable at different distances relative to the receptacle, a sensor for sensing an imbalance occurring in response of spinning the rotor, and an actuating drive for positioning the balancing weight at the different distances relative to the receptacle wherein the actuating drive comprises a motor and a spindle drivable by the motor, wherein a rotation of spindle via the motor is translated in a corresponding proportional linear displacement of the balancing weight.