Ceiling transport vehicle
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorMakoto Kobayashi
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Abstract
An overhead transport vehicle includes an elevator including a base and a first support supporting the base to be vertically movable from below in a vertical direction through a vibration isolator. The vibration isolator includes a first biasing portion in contact with both of the support and the base to urge a first body and the base in a direction away from each other, and a second biasing portion at one of the first body and the base to come into contact with both of the first body and the base and urge the first body and the base in a direction away from each other when a load equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied to the first biasing portion.
Claims8
An overhead transport vehicle comprising:
- a body to travel along a track;
- and
- an elevator to be elevated and lowered by a suspension with respect to the body, the elevator including a gripper to grip an article;
- wherein
- the elevator includes:
- a base including the gripper,
- a support to support the base to be vertically movable from below in a vertical direction through a vibration isolator, and
- a shaft portion including one end disposed at the support, the shaft portion passing through a through hole provided in the base;
- the vibration isolator includes:
- a first biasing portion in contact with both of the support and the base to urge the support and the base in a direction away from each other;
- and
- a second biasing portion located at one of the support and the base to come into contact with both of the support and the base and urge the support and the base in a direction away from each other when a load equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied to the first biasing portion;
- the shaft portion extends through the first biasing portion;
- at the other end of the shaft portion, a clamp is provided to clamp a third biasing portion with the base;
- and
- the third biasing portion is able to come into contact with both of the base and the clamp and urge the base and the clamp in a direction away from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.