Transport system

A transport system comprising:

• an air flow generating device;
• an air blowing tube that forms therein a flow path of an air flow generated by the air flow generating device;
• a moving body that travels inside the air blowing tube while receiving an air flow flowing within the air blowing tube;
• a transport body route that has at least a portion arranged along the air blowing tube to be adjacent to the air blowing tube;
• and a transport body that is configured to be able to retain a transport target and that travels inside the transport body route,
• where the moving body includes a moving body magnetic material, while the transport body includes a transport body magnetic material, and the transport system has a configuration to move the transport body in conjunction with movement of the moving body by using repulsion based on a magnetic force applied between the moving body magnetic material and the transport body magnetic material when there is a proximal positional relation between the moving body magnetic material and the transport body magnetic material, wherein
• the transport system comprises a detection coil that detects a traveling state of the moving body and the transport body and is located between the air blowing tube and the transport body route, and the detection coil is configured to generate an induced current according to the traveling state of the moving body and the transport body as magnetic fluxes generated by the moving body magnetic material and the transport body magnetic material sequentially pass through the detection coil.

A transport system comprising:

• an air flow generating device;
• an air blowing tube that forms therein a flow path of an air flow generated by the air flow generating device;
• a moving body that travels inside the air blowing tube while receiving an air flow flowing within the air blowing tube;
• a transport body route that has at least a portion arranged along the air blowing tube to be adjacent to the air blowing tube;
• and a transport body that is configured to be able to retain a transport target and that travels inside the transport body route,
• where the moving body includes a moving body magnetic material, while the transport body includes a transport body magnetic material, and the transport system has a configuration to move the transport body in conjunction with movement of the moving body by using repulsion based on a magnetic force applied between the moving body magnetic material and the transport body magnetic material when there is a proximal positional relation between the moving body magnetic material and the transport body magnetic material, wherein
• the transport system comprises:
• a plurality of travel control units, each of which is configured by including a detection coil that detects a traveling state of the moving body and the transport body, and a first control coil and a second control coil that control the traveling state of the moving body and the transport body;
• and
• drive control means driving and controlling the first control coil and the second control coil,
• in each of the travel control units, the detection coil is configured to generate an induced current according to the traveling state of the moving body and the transport body when magnetic fluxes generated by the moving body magnetic material and the transport body magnetic material sequentially pass through the detection coil, the first control coil is configured to apply a magnetic force to the moving body magnetic material, the second control coil is configured to apply a magnetic force to the transport body magnetic material, and the first control coil and the second control coil are located downstream of the detection coil in a travel direction of the moving body and the transport body at an interval corresponding to an interval between the moving body magnetic material and the transport body magnetic material that move in conjunction with each other,
• the transport system causes a plurality of conjunct traveling pairs to travel, each of the conjunct traveling pairs including the moving body and the transport body that moves in conjunction with the moving body, and
• when one travel control unit of the travel control units blocks one conjunct traveling pair of the conjunct traveling pairs from traveling in a state in which an air flow flows within the air blowing tube, the drive control means supplies the first control coil in the one travel control unit with power to cause the first control coil to attract the moving body magnetic material in the one conjunct traveling pair against the air flow flowing within the air blowing tube in order to control and prevent the moving body from traveling, and also supplies the second control coil in the one travel control unit with power to cause the second control coil to attract the transport body magnetic material in the one conjunct traveling pair in order to control and prevent the transport body from traveling.