Tray and transport facility
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshihiko Fujio, Takuya Isomura
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Abstract
An upper surface of a main body section (10) is used as a placement surface (11) on which an article is placeable. The main body section (10) includes an intermediate section (12), a front section (13) adjacent to the intermediate section (12) on a front side (X1) in a front-rear direction (X), and a rear section (14) adjacent to the intermediate section (12) on a rear side (X2) in the front-rear direction (X). The intermediate section (12) is rectangular in a plan view, the front section (13) is shaped as a trapezoid that becomes smaller in a width direction (Y) while extending toward the front side (X1) in a plan view, and the rear section (14) is shaped as a trapezoid that becomes smaller in the width direction (Y) while extending toward the rear side (X2) in a plan view.
Claims14
A transport facility comprising:
- a tray;
- and
- a transport device,
- wherein:
- the tray is configured to be transported along a transport route by the transport device,
- the tray comprises a main body section that is plate-shaped,
- a front-rear direction is a direction along the transport route, and a width direction is a direction intersecting the front-rear direction in a plan view,
- the transport route includes a curved route section shaped as a curved line in a plan view,
- the transport device comprises a pair of guide walls in at least the curved route section, the guide walls each extending along a corresponding edge, with respect to the width direction, of the transport route and including a guiding surface facing inward in the width direction,
- the main body section has an upper surface used as a placement surface on which an article is placeable,
- the main body section comprises:
- an intermediate section;
- a front section adjacent to the intermediate section on a front side in the front-rear direction;
- and
- a rear section adjacent to the intermediate section on a rear side in the front-rear direction,
- the intermediate section is rectangular in a plan view,
- the front section is shaped as a trapezoid that becomes smaller in the width direction while extending toward the front side in a plan view, and
- the rear section is shaped as a trapezoid that becomes smaller in the width direction while extending toward the rear side in a plan view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.