Work unit replacement system and work unit replacement station
AssigneeFuyo Jitsugyo Co. Ltd.
InventorsSaichiro Yamashita, Yasushi Miyashita
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Abstract
The present invention easily and quickly replaces a work unit for an automated guided vehicle. A work unit replacement system includes an automated guided vehicle and a work unit replacement station. This work unit replacement station includes: a first work unit fixing portion; a second work unit fixing portion; a first support portion that partially supports the first work unit fixing portion; a second support portion that partially supports the second work unit fixing portion; and a supporting portion that separately supports the first support portion and the second support portion in a vertically movable manner.
Claims6
An operation unit exchange system, comprising:
- an automatic guided vehicle,
- a first operation unit and a second operation unit, and
- an operation unit exchange station for removing the first operation unit attached to the automatic guided vehicle and attaching the second operation unit to the automatic guided vehicle,
- wherein
- the operation unit exchange station comprises:
- a first operation unit affixation part to which the first operation unit is affixed,
- a second operation unit affixation part to which the second operation unit is affixed,
- a first support portion which partially supports the first operation unit affixation part,
- a second support portion which partially supports the second operation unit affixation part,
- a support part which supports the first support portion and the second support portion, and
- a first elevator and a second elevator connected to the first support portion and the second support portion, respectively, to individually raise and lower the first support portion and the second support portion,
- the first support portion and the second support portion are arranged side-by-side at locations corresponding to a top plate of the support part,
- a slit is formed in each of the first support portion and the second support portion,
- widths of the slits are less than widths of the first operation unit affixation part and the second operation unit affixation part,
- the widths of the slits are greater than a width of the automatic guided vehicle, and
- a lower surface position of the support part is higher than a top part of the automatic guide vehicle.
An operation unit exchange station, comprising:
- a first operation unit affixation part to which a first operation unit is to be affixed,
- a second operation unit affixation part to which a second operation unit is to be affixed,
- a first support portion which partially supports the first operation unit affixation part,
- a second support portion which partially supports the second operation unit affixation part, wherein the first support portion and the second support portion are arranged side-by-side at locations corresponding to a top plate of the support part,
- a support part which supports the first support portion and the second support portion, and
- a first elevator and a second elevator connected to the first support portion and the second support portion, respectively, to individually raise and lower the first support portion and the second support portion, wherein
- a slit is formed in each of the first support portion and the second support portion,
- widths of the slits are less than widths of the first operation unit affixation part and the second operation unit affixation part,
- the widths of the slits are greater than a width of an automatic guided vehicle to which one of the first operation unit affixation part and the second operation unit affixation part is to be attached, and
- a lower surface position of the support part is higher than a top part of the automatic guide vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.