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US 10,196,214 B2Granted
Conveyor car system
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorYoichi Motoori
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Abstract
A transport vehicle system includes: a first transport vehicle configured to travel on a lower track in one direction; a second transport vehicle configured to travel on an upper track in one direction; a first transfer section onto which a conveyed object is delivered from the second transport vehicle and from which the conveyed object is received by the first transport vehicle; and a second transfer section onto which the conveyed object is delivered from the first transport vehicle and from which the conveyed object is received by the second transport vehicle.
Claims16
A transport vehicle system, comprising:
- a first track forming a circuit track that circles in an area comprising one of a plurality of areas;
- a first transport vehicle configured to travel on the first track in one direction;
- a second track positioned between, and connecting to, the areas;
- a second transport vehicle configured to travel on the second track in one direction;
- a first transfer section onto which a conveyed object is delivered from the second transport vehicle, and from which the conveyed object is received by the first transport vehicle;
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- a second transfer section onto which the conveyed object is delivered from the first transport vehicle, and from which the conveyed object is received by the second transport vehicle, wherein
- the area includes a first region and a second region,
- the first track is arranged across the first region and the second region,
- the first transfer section and the second transfer section are arranged in the first region, and a third transfer section, in which the conveyed object can be transferred to or from the first transport vehicle, is arranged in the second region,
- the first track in the first region is arranged such that the first transport vehicle passes by the second transfer section and the first transfer section in this order, in a traveling direction of the first transport vehicle, and
- the second track in the first region is arranged such that the second transport vehicle passes by the first transfer section and the second transfer section in this order, in a traveling direction of the second transport vehicle wherein the third transfer section is arranged between the first transfer section and the second transfer section in a direction extending along the first track.
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A transport vehicle system, comprising:
- a first track forming a circuit track that circles in an area comprising one of a plurality of areas;
- a first transport vehicle configured to travel on the first track in one direction;
- a second track positioned between, and connecting to, the areas;
- a second transport vehicle configured to travel on the second track in one direction;
- a first transfer section onto which a conveyed object is delivered from the second transport vehicle, and from which the conveyed object is received by the first transport vehicle;
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- a second transfer section onto which the conveyed object is delivered from the first transport vehicle, and from which the conveyed object is received by the second transport vehicle, wherein
- the area includes a first region and a second region,
- the first track is arranged across the first region and the second region,
- the first transfer section and the second transfer section are arranged in the first region, and a third transfer section, in which the conveyed object can be transferred to or from the first transport vehicle, is arranged in the second region,
- the first track in the first region is arranged such that the first transport vehicle passes by the second transfer section and the first transfer section in this order, in a traveling direction of the first transport vehicle, and
- the second track in the first region is arranged such that the second transport vehicle passes by the first transfer section and the second transfer section in this order, in a traveling direction of the second transport vehicle, wherein the first transport vehicle and the second transport vehicle respectively travel in the same direction on the first track and the second track that are arranged parallel to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.