Appeal No. 2001-2654 Page 5
Application No. 09/069,192
The Admitted Prior Art is an industrial robot comprising
a manipulator; six drive means mounted on the manipulator,
each of the drive means comprising an AC motor and its own
reduction gear; the motors are each connected via long
conductors to separate drive devices for converting direct
current into alternating current, the drive devices being
located in a control cabinet spaced outside the operating
range of the manipulator; and one rectifier located in the
control cabinet for supplying direct current to all the drive
devices.
Gorman discloses an industrial robot including three
primary drive units defining three separately controlled axes
of movement, and an outer arm assembly having three additional
axes of movement. As shown in Figures 1-2, an industrial
robot 10, adapted to move through six axes of movement,
comprises a main frame 12 which includes a support stand 13,
with the stand defining a generally vertical axes A. A waist
14 is rotatable with respect to the stand and defines a
generally horizontal axis B which is perpendicular to and
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