Conveyance device
AssigneeDmg Mori Co., Ltd.
InventorTaketo Kimura
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Abstract
A tool magazine as a conveyance device includes a first conveyance unit that conveys a plurality of tools along a first route, a second conveyance unit that conveys a plurality of tools along a second route, and a cover body. A first opening used to attach and detach the tool in a first section of first route and a second opening used to attach and detach the tool a third section of second route are provided in cover body. A second section of first route is located between first section of first route and second conveyance unit in a direction in which first conveyance unit and second conveyance unit are arranged. A fourth section of second route is located between third section of second route and first conveyance unit in the direction in which first conveyance unit and second conveyance unit are arranged.
Claims8
A conveyance device comprising:
- a first conveyance unit configured to detachably hold a plurality of first conveyance objects and convey the plurality of first conveyance objects along an endless loop-shaped first route extending in a predetermined vertical plane;
- a second conveyance unit provided side by side with the first conveyance unit, wherein the second conveyance unit is spaced apart from the first conveyance unit in a direction along the predetermined vertical plane, the second conveyance unit detachably holding a plurality of second conveyance objects and conveying the plurality of second conveyance objects along an endless loop-shaped second route extending in the predetermined vertical plane;
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- a cover body forming a space in which the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit are accommodated,
- wherein the first route includes a first section and a second section,
- the second route includes a third section and a fourth section,
- a first opening is provided in the cover body, the first opening is used to attach and detach each of the first conveyance objects to and from the first conveyance unit in the first section, and a second opening is provided in the cover body, the second opening is used to attach and detach each of the second conveyance objects to and from the second conveyance unit in the third section,
- the second section is located between the first section and the second conveyance unit in the direction along the predetermined vertical plane, and the fourth section is located between the third section and the first conveyance unit in the direction along the predetermined vertical plane,
- the first opening being formed as a through-hole in the cover body and the second opening being formed as a through-hole in the cover body,
- wherein the first opening is provided opposite the first section in an axial direction of the first conveyance objects,
- wherein the second opening is provided opposite the third section in an axial direction of the second conveyance objects, and
- wherein the axial directions of the first and second conveyance objects are oriented orthogonal to the predetermined vertical plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.