Transport system and storage
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorKinya Masuda
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Abstract
A transport system includes: a grid-patterned rail that has a plurality of first rails extending in a first direction and a plurality of second rails extending in a second direction different from the first direction and intersecting with the first rails and that forms a plurality of cells with the plurality of first rails and the plurality of second rails; an overhead transport vehicle that travels along the grid-patterned rail, a suspender that is suspended from the grid-patterned rail; and a frame surrounding one of the cells in a plan view and is provided below the suspender.
Claims11
A transport system comprising:
- a grid-patterned rail having a plurality of first rails extending in a first direction and a plurality of second rails extending in a second direction different from the first direction and intersecting with the first rails, and forming a plurality of cells with the plurality of first rails and the plurality of second rails;
- an overhead transport vehicle that travels along the grid-patterned rail;
- a suspender suspended from the grid-patterned rail;
- and
- a frame that surrounds at least one of the cells in a plan view and is provided below the suspender,
- wherein a placement section onto which an article is placed by the overhead transport vehicle and a scaffold functioning as a walkway that allows an operator to walk thereon are provided within the frame below the cells;
- wherein the placement section and the scaffold are suspended above the ground;
- the frame comprises a collection of approximately rectangular unit frames arranged adjacent to each other in the first direction or the second direction;
- a plurality of placement portions is provided so as to be concentrated in an area that includes at least one of the four corners of each unit frame in a plan view;
- each unit frame has an identical arrangement pattern of the placement portions and scaffold portions;
- in the frame, the scaffold portions of the plurality of unit frames are continuous in both the first and second directions.
A storage system that stores an article in a transport system that includes a grid-patterned rail having a plurality of first rails extending in a first direction and a plurality of second rails extending in a second direction different from the first direction and intersecting with the first rails, and forming a plurality of cells with the plurality of first rails and the plurality of second rails, and an overhead transport vehicle that travels along the grid-patterned rail, the storage system comprising:
- a suspender suspended from the grid-patterned rail;
- and a frame that surrounds at least one of the cells in a plan view and is provided below the suspender, wherein a placement section onto which an article is placed by the overhead transport vehicle and a scaffold functioning as a walkway that allows an operator to walk thereon are provided within the frame below the cells;
- wherein the placement section and the scaffold are suspended above the ground;
- the frame comprises a collection of approximately rectangular unit frames arranged adjacent to each other in the first direction or the second direction;
- a plurality of placement portions is provided so as to be concentrated in an area that includes at least one of the four corners of each unit frame in a plan view;
- each unit frame has an identical arrangement pattern of the placement portions and scaffold portions;
- in the frame, the scaffold portions of the plurality of unit frames are continuous in both the first and second directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.