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US 12,110,187 B2Granted
Conveyance device
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasayuki Mukai
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Abstract
A conveyance device includes a slider, a conveyor including a plurality of conveyance modules to convey the slider, and a connecting member provided separately from the conveyance modules and configured to connect the conveyance modules adjacent to each other such that a signal is transmittable. The conveyance device further includes a first indicator provided so as to correspond to each of the plurality of conveyance modules and configured to indicate states of the conveyance modules.
Claims19
A conveyance device comprising:
- a slider;
- a conveyor including a plurality of conveyance modules configured to convey the slider;
- a connector separate from the conveyance modules and configured to connect the conveyance modules adjacent to each other such that a signal is transmittable;
- and
- a first indicator configured to correspond to each of the plurality of conveyance modules and configured to indicate states of the conveyance modules including at least one of states of a power supply of the conveyance modules, states of the conveyance modules being states in which the conveyance modules are normal, states in which an error has occurred in the conveyance modules, states in preparation, and states in which the preparation is completed,
- wherein the first indicator is provided on a portion of one of side surfaces of each of the conveyance modules extending along a conveyance direction of the slider;
- and
- the connector is provided on the portions of another of the side surfaces of each of the conveyance modules extending along the conveyance direction of the slider.
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A conveyance device comprising:
- a slider;
- a conveyor including a plurality of conveyance modules configured to convey the slider;
- a connector separate from the conveyance modules and configured to connect the conveyance modules adjacent to each other such that a signal is transmittable;
- a first indicator configured to correspond to each of the plurality of conveyance modules and configured to indicate states of the conveyance modules, the first indicator being on a portion of one of side surfaces of each of the conveyance modules extending along a conveyance direction of the slider;
- and
- a second indicator in the connector to indicate the state of each of the conveyance modules, the second indicator being on a portion of another of the side surfaces of each of the conveyance modules extending along the conveyance direction of the slider.
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A conveyance device comprising:
- a slider;
- a conveyor including a plurality of conveyance modules configured to convey the slider;
- a connector separate from the conveyance modules and configured to connect the conveyance modules adjacent to each other such that a signal is transmittable;
- and
- a first indicator configured to correspond to each of the plurality of conveyance modules and configured to indicate states of the conveyance modules,
- wherein
- the conveyance modules each include a module main body, a linear motor in the module main body, a control board in the module main body to control driving of the linear motor, a motor power supply board configured to supply electric power to the linear motor, a first wire configured to supply electric power to the control board, a second wire configured to supply electric power to the motor power supply board, and a plurality of electrically parallel first terminals to which the first wire is connected, the plurality of electrically parallel first terminals being on side surface portions of the module main body at different positions along a conveyance direction of the slider, and
- the control board, the motor power supply board, the first wire, and the second wire are built in the module main body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.