Transfer system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoji Tomoda, Takeshi Yamamoto
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Abstract
A transfer system according to an aspect of the invention includes a stator including a plurality of coils, a carriage capable of moving along the stator, a carriage drive magnet provided on the carriage and configured to drive the carriage by magnetic force generated by the plurality of coils, and a power receiver provided on the carriage and including a power receiving magnet configured to drive an actuator by magnetic force generated by the plurality of coils.
Claims11
A transfer system comprising:
- a stator including a plurality of coils;
- and
- a carriage having a carriage drive magnet arranged facing the plurality of coils and a power transmitter fixed to the carriage, wherein the carriage includes a power receiver to which a power receiving magnet arranged facing the plurality of coils is fixed and which is connected to the power transmitter.
A goods manufacturing method using a transfer system that includes, a stator including a plurality of coils, and a carriage having a carriage drive magnet arranged facing the plurality of coils and a power transmitter fixed thereto, wherein the carriage includes a power receiver to which a power receiving magnet arranged facing the plurality of coils is fixed and which is connected to the power transmitter, the goods manufacturing method comprising:
- driving the carriage by moving the carriage drive magnet with magnetic force generated by the plurality of coils provided in the stator;
- driving the power receiver by moving the power receiving magnet with respect to the carriage drive magnet with magnetic force generated by the plurality of coils to orient a manufacturing object placed on the carriage;
- and
- performing a predetermined processing on the object placed on the carriage after the driving the power receiver to orient the object for the predetermined processing.
A method for controlling a transfer system that includes a stator including a plurality of coils;
- and a carriage having a carriage drive magnet arranged facing the plurality of coils and a power transmitter fixed to the carriage, wherein the carriage includes a power receiver to which a power receiving magnet arranged facing the plurality of coils is fixed and which is connected to the power transmitter, the method comprising:
- driving the carriage by moving the carriage drive magnet with magnetic force generated by the plurality of coils provided in the stator;
- and
- driving the power receiver by moving the power receiving magnet with respect to the carriage drive magnet with magnetic force generated by the plurality of coils.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.