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US 2018/0229936 A1Published application
Conveyor car system
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorYoichi MOTOORI
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Abstract
A transport vehicle system includes: a first transport vehicle configured to travel on a lower track in one direction; a second transport vehicle configured to travel on an upper track in one direction; a first transfer section onto which a conveyed object is delivered from the second transport vehicle and from which the conveyed object is received by the first transport vehicle; and a second transfer section onto which the conveyed object is delivered from the first transport vehicle and from which the conveyed object is received by the second transport vehicle.
Claims9
A transport vehicle system, comprising:
- a first track forming a circuit track that circles in an area comprising one of a plurality of areas;
- a first transport vehicle configured to travel on the first track in one direction;
- a second track positioned between, and connecting to, the areas;
- a second transport vehicle configured to travel on the second track in one direction;
- a first transfer section onto which a conveyed object is delivered from the second transport vehicle, and from which the conveyed object is received by the first transport vehicle;
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- a second transfer section onto which the conveyed object is delivered from the first transport vehicle, and from which the conveyed object is received by the second transport vehicle, wherein
- the area includes a first region and a second region,
- the first track is arranged across the first region and the second region,
- the first transfer section and the second transfer section are arranged in the first region, and a third transfer section, in which the conveyed object can be transferred to or from the first transport vehicle, is arranged in the second region,
- the first track in the first region is arranged such that the first transport vehicle passes by the second transfer section and the first transfer section in this order, in a traveling direction of the first transport vehicle, and
- the second track in the first region is arranged such that the second transport vehicle passes by the first transfer section and the second transfer section in this order, in a traveling direction of the second transport vehicle.
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