摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for connecting a pneumatic tool to a manipulator, which is easy to implement and use and safe for the operators.SOLUTION: A device for connecting interchangeable pneumatic tools to a manipulator is described. The device includes a body, fixable to a manipulator, provided with a plurality of seats for accommodating pins for engaging a tool, ducts for feeding a working fluid to the tool, where the ducts extend in the device body, an engaging mechanism which can be activated for constraining and releasing, respectively, the tool to/from the device, and means for closing the ducts. For safety purposes the device is arranged such that the activation of the engaging mechanism for unlocking the tool is achievable upon the reaching of the complete closing of the ducts by the respective closing means. Such a quick depressurization of the tool is prevented from occurring the separation from the device, circumstance of which has been conventionally dangerous for a tool replacement operator.</p> |