Conveying device
AssigneeItoh Denki Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuo Itoh, Toshiyuki Tachibana, Yoshiyuki Kujihashi, Masayuki Shimoda
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to develop a conveying device capable of carrying out an object in multiple directions. The conveying device includes a plurality of conveying cells 1 that move the object, and the plurality of conveying cells 1 are arranged in plane. The conveying cell 1 includes a conveying direction changing unit that changes a conveying direction and a controller. An address is given to the conveying cell 1, and based on a conveying destination of the object carried in the conveying cell 1 and an own address of the conveying cell 1, the controller determines a carrying-out direction of the conveying cell 1 such that the object approaches the conveying destination.
Claims12
A conveying device comprising a plurality of conveying cells that move an object, the plurality of conveying cells being arranged planarly,
- wherein some of the plurality of conveying cells include a conveying direction changing unit that changes a conveying direction,
- wherein each of the plurality of conveying cells is configured to be driven by a corresponding controller,
- wherein each of the plurality of conveying cells has an address,
- wherein the plurality of conveying cells include a subject conveying cell, and
- wherein based on an address of the subject conveying cell and a conveying destination of the object that has been carried in the subject conveying cell, the controller determines a carrying-out direction of the subject conveying cell such that the object approaches the conveying destination,
- wherein the plurality of conveying cells each includes one or more load presence sensors, each of the load presence sensors detecting whether the object is present on the conveying cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.