Overhead traveling vehicle system and article storage method in the overhead traveling vehicle system
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTamotsu Shiwaku
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Abstract
Buffers 6, 8 are provided on both sides of a travel rail 10. An overhead traveling vehicle 4 has a SCARA arm movable back and forth to both of the left and right so that a rotation unit 22 and an elevation drive unit 4 can move to a position above either of the buffers 6, 8.
Claims4
An overhead traveling vehicle system including a travel rail provided along a processing equipment having a load port for an overhead traveling vehicles, the overhead traveling vehicles having lateral movement means for moving an elevation frame for support and transfer of an article in a left-right direction of the travel rail,
- wherein the lateral movement means can laterally move the elevation frame to both of the left and right sides of the travel rail;
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- buffers for temporarily storing the article are provided in respective spaces on both of the left and right sides of the travel rail.
A method of storing an article using an overhead traveling vehicle system including a travel rail provided along processing equipment having a load port for an overhead traveling vehicles, the overhead traveling vehicles having an elevation frame which can be elevated/lowered for support and transfer of the article,
- wherein the overhead traveling vehicles have lateral movement means capable of laterally moving the elevation frame to both of left and right sides of the travel rail;
- buffers for temporarily storing the article are provided in respective spaces on both of the left and right sides of the travel rail;
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- the overhead traveling vehicle laterally moves the elevation frame to a position above the buffer using the lateral movement means, and elevates/lowers the elevation frame for transferring the article from/to the buffer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.