Cart alignment device, delivery system, and control method
AssigneeFuji Corporation
InventorsKoji Kawaguchi, Hisato Sawanami, Takuya Oda
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Abstract
A cart alignment device of the present disclosure is used in a delivery system that delivers an article using a cart including a loading section for loading articles and a caster disposed in the loading section and having wheels capable of changing a movement direction of the loading section. The cart alignment device includes a rail member configured to guide the caster of the cart in a predetermined arrangement direction, and a disposition section configured to dispose and fix the rail member in a collection chamber for accommodating one or more carts.
Claims16
A cart alignment device used in a delivery system that delivers an article using a cart including a loading section for loading articles and a caster disposed in the loading section and having wheels capable of changing a movement direction of the loading section, the cart alignment device comprising:
- a rail member configured to guide the caster of the cart in a predetermined arrangement direction;
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- a disposition section configured to dispose and fix the rail member in a collection chamber for accommodating one or more carts, wherein
- the cart includes the caster in a first row and the caster in a second row,
- the rail member includes a first row member that guides the caster in the first row and a second row member that guides the caster in the second row, and
- the cart alignment device further comprises a width changing section configured to change the width between the first row member and the second row member.
A control method used in a delivery system for delivering articles using a cart including a loading section for loading articles and a caster disposed in the loading section and having wheels capable of changing a movement direction of the loading section, and a cart alignment device including a rail member configured to guide the caster of the cart in a predetermined arrangement direction, a disposition section configured to dispose and fix the rail member in a collection chamber for accommodating one or more carts, and a stopper provided within a predetermined range of the rail member according to an arrangement interval of the carts and configured to fix the cart, the control method comprising:
- a recognizing step of recognizing the cart existing in the predetermined range;
- a detecting step of detecting an object for moving the cart;
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- a controlling step of inputting a signal recognizing the cart and a signal detecting the object, and driving and controlling the stopper such that the movement of the cart is restricted and/or the restriction of the movement of the cart is canceled.
A control method used in a delivery system for delivering articles using a cart including a loading section for loading articles and a caster disposed in the loading section and having wheels capable of changing a movement direction of the loading section, and a cart alignment device including a rail member configured to guide the caster of the cart in a predetermined arrangement direction, and a disposition section configured to dispose and fix the rail member in a collection chamber for accommodating one or more carts, the control method comprising:
- a recognizing step of recognizing the cart existing in a predetermined range of the rail member according to an arrangement interval of the carts;
- a counting step of inputting a signal recognizing the cart and counting the number of the carts loaded into the cart alignment device and/or the number of the carts unloaded from the cart alignment device;
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- an outputting step of outputting the number of the carts counted in the counting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.