Storage apparatus for transported object
AssigneeAsyst Technologies Japan, Inc.
InventorSusumu Maetaki
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Abstract
A storage apparatus (1) stores a transported object (220) from a transporting carriage (110), which travels along a track (120) installed on or near a ceiling (210) while gripping the transported object. The storage apparatus is provided with a rack portion (30), on which the transported object is put; and a support member (10), whose upper end is supported by the track or ceiling and whose lower end supports the rack portion. The support member selectively has one of first and second shapes. The first shape allows the transporting carriage to put the transported object onto the rack portion at the predetermined position. The second shape allows the rack portion to move away from a position below the track.
Claims7
A storage apparatus for storing a transported object from a transporting carriage, which travels along a track installed on or near a ceiling while gripping the transported object, comprising:
- a rack portion, on which the transported object is put from said transporting carriage at a predetermined position as for a horizontal direction;
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- a support member, whose upper end is supported by the track or ceiling and whose lower end supports said rack portion,
- said support member selectively having one of first and second shapes in such a condition that the upper end is supported by the track or ceiling, said first shape allowing said transporting carriage to put the transported object onto said rack portion at the predetermined position, said second shape allowing said rack portion to move away from a position below said track.
A storage apparatus for storing a transported object from a transporting carriage, which travels along a track installed on or near a ceiling while gripping the transported object, comprising:
- a rack portion, on which the transported object is put;
- and
- a support member, whose upper end is supported by the track or ceiling and whose lower end supports said rack portion,
- at least one portion, which supports the rack portion, of said support member being selectively displaced between a first position and a second position, said first position allowing said transporting carriage to put the transported object onto said rack portion, said second position not allowing said transporting carriage to put the transported object onto said rack portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.