Transport Device
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorMasayuki Nakagawa
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Abstract
A transport device includes a traveling holding member which can travel while holding a storage container, and a move out prevention mechanism which prevents substrates from moving out of an opening of the storage container. The move out prevention mechanism is configured to include a contacting member which can be moved between a contact position at which the contacting member is in contact with side faces of the substrates, and a spaced apart position at which the contacting member is spaced apart from the side faces of the substrates. The contact position is set such that the contacting member is located between an opening side end portion and a central portion of the substrates in a direction along which the substrates are inserted and removed.
Claims14
A transport device comprising:
- a traveling holding member which can travel while holding a storage container for storing disc-shaped substrates such that the substrates are layered in a vertical direction, said storage container having an opening formed in one side thereof for inserting and removing the substrates;
- a move out prevention mechanism that prevents the substrates from moving out of the opening of the storage container held by the traveling holding member;
- wherein the move out prevention mechanism includes a contacting member which can be moved between a contact position at which the contacting member is in contact with side faces of the substrates stored in the storage container held by the traveling holding member, and a spaced apart position at which the contacting member is spaced apart from the side faces of the substrates, and wherein
- the contact position is set such that the contacting member is located between an end portion closer to the opening and a central portion of the substrates stored in the storage container in a direction along which the substrates are inserted and removed.
A transport device comprising:
- a travel member having a holding portion for holding a storage container for storing disc-shaped substrates such that the substrates are layered in a vertical direction, said storage container having an opening formed in one side thereof for inserting and removing the substrates;
- a contacting member which is formed to have a vertically extending bar shape, and which can be moved between a contact position at which the contacting member is in contact with side faces of the substrates stored in the storage container held by the holding portion, and a spaced apart position at which the contacting member is spaced apart from the side faces of the substrates, wherein the contacting member in the contact position is located between an end portion closer to the opening and a central portion of the substrates stored in the storage container in a direction along which the substrates are inserted and removed;
- and wherein
- a moving operation mechanism that is connected to the contacting member, and that moves the contacting member to the contact position and to the spaced apart position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.