Conveying path switching device and elevator apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorMasaoki Iwase
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Abstract
A conveying-path rotary switching unit that is a conveying path switching device includes a base, stators arranged along conveying paths for branching for a conveying carriage, a first conveying path provided on the base, and a second conveying path that is provided on the base and is different from the first conveying path. As for a conveying path on which the conveying carriage travels, the first conveying path and the second conveying path are switchable by rotation. The stators are used for both the first conveying path and the second conveying path in a shared manner.
Claims20
A conveying path switching device provided in a conveying apparatus that drives a conveying carriage, comprising:
- a base;
- stators along conveying paths for branching for the conveying carriage;
- a first conveying path on the base;
- and
- a second conveying path that is on the base and is different from the first conveying path, wherein
- as for a conveying path on which the conveying carriage travels, the first conveying path and the second conveying path are switchable by rotation thereof,
- the stators are shared for both the first conveying path and the second conveying path, and
- the first conveying path is on a first side of the base and the second conveying path is on a second side of the base opposite the first side.
An elevator apparatus that drives a car by thrust generated between a primary coil of a linear motor provided in a hoistway and a magnet that is provided in the car and configures a secondary side of the linear motor, comprising a conveying path switching device for switching conveying paths, the conveying path switching device including:
- a base;
- stators along the conveying paths for branching for a conveying carriage;
- a first conveying path on the base;
- and
- a second conveying path that is on the base and is different from the first conveying path, wherein
- as for a conveying path on which the conveying carriage travels, the first conveying path and the second conveying path are switchable by rotation of the base,
- the stators are shared for both the first conveying path and the second conveying path, and
- the first conveying path is on a first side of the base and the second conveying path is on a second side of the base opposite the first side.
A conveying path switching device provided in a conveying apparatus that drives a conveying carriage, comprising:
- a base;
- stators along conveying paths for branching for the conveying carriage;
- a first conveying path on the base;
- and
- a second conveying path that is on the base and is different from the first conveying path, wherein
- as for a conveying path on which the conveying carriage travels, the first conveying path and the second conveying path are switchable by rotation thereof, and
- the stators are shared for both the first conveying path and the second conveying path, and
- the stators penetrate through the base from the first conveying path to the second conveying path.
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