Conveyance robot apparatus
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakuto YAMAZAKI, Eiji FUJITA
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Abstract
A conveyance robot apparatus of this disclosure includes: a plurality of modules arranged in a row in a first direction; a robot capable of moving each of the plurality of modules in the first direction; a pinion mounted on the robot; a plurality of racks which are respectively supported on the plurality of modules in a slidable manner in the first direction, are meshable with the pinion, and are arranged in a row in the first direction; and a rack connecting mechanism configured to connect adjacent racks each other with respect to the plurality of racks arranged in a row in the first direction, by making at least one of the racks positioned at one terminal end slide toward at least one of the racks positioned at another terminal end.
Claims5
A conveyance robot apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of modules arranged in a row in a first direction;
- a robot capable of moving each of the plurality of modules in the first direction;
- a pinion mounted on the robot;
- a plurality of racks which are respectively supported on the plurality of modules in a slidable manner in the first direction, are meshable with the pinion, and are arranged in a row in the first direction;
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- a rack connecting mechanism configured to connect adjacent racks each other with respect to the plurality of racks arranged in a row in the first direction, by making at least one of the racks positioned at one terminal end slide toward at least one of the racks positioned at another terminal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.