Article transport vehicle and article transport facility
AssigneeSemes Co., Ltd.
InventorKi Sub YOON
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an article transport vehicle and an article transport facility capable of allowing the article transport vehicles to share power. In addition, the present disclosure provides the article transport vehicle and the article transport facility capable of normally managing the article transport vehicle even though a non-power supply section, in which no electric supply line is installed along a rail, is lengthened. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to normally manage the article transport vehicle and relatively easily ensure power stored in the battery even though a supply of power from the electric supply line is cut off or no electric supply line is installed along the traveling rail.
Claims20
An article transport vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle main body configured to transport an article while traveling along a traveling rail;
- a first power source device configured to receive power from an electric supply line installed at the traveling rail and supply the power to the vehicle main body;
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- a second power source device comprising a battery and a power sharing module disposed on the vehicle main body, the second power source device being configured to supply power, stored in the battery, to the vehicle main body.
An article transport facility comprising:
- a traveling rail disposed on a ceiling and configured to provide a transport route for transporting an article;
- an electric supply line installed at the traveling rail;
- at least one article transport vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle module configured to travel along the traveling rail,
- and a hoist device disposed below the vehicle module and configured to support the article;
- a first power source device configured to receive power from the electric supply line and supply the power to the vehicle module and the hoist device of the article transport vehicle;
- a second power source device comprising a battery provided in the hoist device, and a power sharing module configured to share power of the battery with another article transport vehicle, the second power source device being configured to supply the vehicle module and the hoist device with the power stored in the battery;
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- a wireless charging pad configured to supply the power to the battery,
- wherein the second power source device is configured to receive power from the first power source device, the power sharing module, or the wireless charging pad and store the power in the battery.
An article transport facility comprising:
- a traveling rail disposed on a ceiling and configured to provide a transport route for transporting an article;
- an electric supply line installed on the traveling rail;
- at least one article transport vehicle comprising a vehicle module configured to travel along the traveling rail, and a hoist device disposed below the vehicle module and configured to support the article;
- a first power source device configured to receive power from the electric supply line and supply the power to the vehicle module and the hoist device of the article transport vehicle;
- a second power source device comprising a battery provided in the hoist device, and a power sharing module configured to share power of the battery with another article transport vehicle, the second power source device being configured to supply the vehicle module and the hoist device with the power stored in the battery;
- a wireless charging pad configured to supply the power to the battery;
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- a vehicle test facility configured to inspect a state of the article transport vehicle and supply power in a wireless manner,
- wherein the second power source device is configured to receive power from the first power source device, the power sharing module, or the wireless charging pad and store the power in the battery, and
- wherein the vehicle test facility comprises a charging module configured to quickly charge the battery included in the second power source device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.