Building
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNami Muramatsu, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura
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Abstract
A staircase area at which a staircase is installed across a first floor and a second floor is provided in a building. A part of the staircase area is a non-installation space in which a staircase is not installed, and a lifting space through which a transport robot moves up and down between the first floor and the second floor is provided using the non-installation space. The lifting space and a staircase hall having a spandrel wall there between are adjacent to each other the second floor. An opening through which the transport robot moves between the lifting space and the staircase hall is provided in the spandrel wall.
Claims4
A building comprising:
- a lower floor,
- an upper floor adjacent to the lower floor in a vertical direction,
- a staircase area in which a staircase connecting the lower floor and the upper floor is installed, the staircase area being provided across the lower floor and the upper floor,
- a traveling object configured to travel on each of the lower floor and the upper floor, the traveling object including a lifting unit, and
- a moving mechanism including a pair of movable arms, wherein:
- a lifting space is provided where the staircase is not installed, in the staircase area;
- the upper floor is provided with an upper floor-adjacent space adjacent to the lifting space between which a partition wall exists;
- an opening is provided in the partition wall;
- the traveling object is configured to move up and down between the lower floor and the upper floor within the lifting space by the lifting unit;
- the pair of movable arms is configured to support the traveling object and release supporting of the traveling object on the upper floor in the lifting space;
- the moving mechanism is configured to move the traveling object through the opening between the lifting space and the upper floor-adjacent space by operating the pair of movable arms while the pair of movable arms supports the traveling object;
- an overhang portion is provided above the opening, to be closer to the lifting space than the partition wall;
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- the moving mechanism is mounted on a lower surface of the overhang portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.