Conveyor system
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorsTakahiko Futami, Shigeyuki Arai
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Abstract
A conveyor system includes a first conveyor line to convey an article in a first direction, a second conveyor line parallel or substantially parallel with the first conveyor line to convey the article in a second direction that is a direction opposite to the first direction, a backup line parallel or substantially parallel with the first conveyor line and the second conveyor line and able to change states between a state of conveying the article in the first direction and a state of conveying the article in the second direction, first connecting lines to convey the article between the first conveyor line and the backup line, and second connecting lines to convey the article between the second conveyor line and the backup line.
Claims17
A conveyor system comprising:
- conveyors to convey an article while supporting a bottom portion of the article;
- a first conveyor line to convey the article only in a first direction;
- a second conveyor line parallel or substantially parallel with the first conveyor line to convey the article only in a second direction that is a direction opposite to the first direction;
- a backup line parallel or substantially parallel with the first conveyor line and the second conveyor line and able to change states between a state of conveying the article in the first direction and a state of conveying the article in the second direction;
- first connecting lines to convey the article between the first conveyor line and the backup line;
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- second connecting lines to convey the article between the second conveyor line and the backup line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.