Travel obstructing device
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorRyuya Murakami
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Abstract
A travel obstructing device comprises a supported portion configured to be placed on a railed track, a main body portion which is suspended from, and supported by, the supported portion, a power-receiving portion configured to receive electric power from a non-contact-type electricity supplying portion, and a warning device configured to receive electric power supplied from the power-receiving portion and to issue a warning.
Claims4
A travel obstructing device for use in an article transport facility that includes a railed track provided with a non-contact-type electricity supplying portion, and a ceiling transport vehicle configured to receive electric power from the non-contact-type electricity supplying portion and to travel along the railed track, the travel obstructing device being configured to be removably placed on the railed track and to obstruct travel of the ceiling transport vehicle when the travel obstructing device is placed on the railed track, the travel obstructing device comprising:
- a supported portion configured to be placed on the railed track;
- a main body portion which is suspended from, and supported by, the supported portion and which is configured to obstruct travel of the ceiling transport vehicle;
- a power-receiving portion configured to be located across from the non-contact-type electricity supplying portion and to receive electric power from the non-contact-type electricity supplying portion;
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- a warning device configured to receive electric power supplied from the power-receiving portion and to issue a warning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.