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.
Claims13
A transfer system comprising:
- a stator in which a plurality of coils are arranged in a line;
- and
- a carriage;
- the carriage comprising:
- a holding mechanism configured to hold a workpiece;
- a carriage drive magnet arranged facing the line of the plurality of coils;
- a power receiver to which a power receiving magnet is arranged facing the line of the plurality of coils;
- and
- a conversion mechanism configured to convert an orientation of the workpiece using power that the power receiver receives.
A method for controlling a transfer system that includes:
- a stator in which a plurality of coils are arranged in a line;
- and
- a carriage having a holding mechanism configured to hold a workpiece;
- a carriage drive magnet arranged facing the line of the plurality of coils;
- a power receiver to which a power receiving magnet is arranged facing the line of the plurality of coils;
- and
- a conversion mechanism configured to convert an orientation of the workpiece using power the power receiver receives,
- 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.
A carriage comprising:
- a holding mechanism configured to hold a workpiece;
- a carriage drive magnet arranged facing a line of plurality of coils arranged in a stator;
- a power receiver to which a power receiving magnet arranged facing the line of the plurality of coils;
- and
- a conversion mechanism configured to convert an orientation of the workpiece using power the power receiver receives.
A method for controlling a carriage having:
- a holding mechanism configured to hold a workpiece;
- a carriage drive magnet arranged facing a line of the plurality of coils arranged in a stator;
- a power receiver to which a power receiving magnet is arranged facing the line of the plurality of coils;
- and
- a conversion mechanism configured to convert an orientation of the workpiece using power that the power receiver receives,
- 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.