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US 12,747,101 B2Granted
Transfer system
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenichi Ukisu, Atsushi Minoo
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Abstract
This invention improves workability in manual transfer in which an article is transferred by an operator. A transfer system (100) includes a transfer unit (3) for transferring, to a second transfer position (P21), an article (W) transferred to a first transfer position (P11), and changes a first transfer position (P11) for automatic transfer in which the article (W) is transferred by the transfer unit (3) and a first transfer position (P12) for manual transfer in which the article (W) is transferred by an operator (H).
Claims7
A transfer system comprising:
- a first delivery section configured to deliver an article to a first transfer position;
- a transfer unit configured to transfer, to a second transfer position, the article having been delivered to the first transfer position;
- a second delivery section configured to deliver the article having been transferred to the second transfer position;
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- a transfer position changing section configured to change at least one of the first and second transfer positions in switching between (i) automatic transfer in which the article is transferred by the transfer unit and (ii) manual transfer in which the article is transferred by an operator.
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