Transporting system
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorMichinobu WAKIZAKA
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Abstract
In a transporting system, a first conveyor includes a transport surface to transport different size tires in a first direction. A first positioner positions an end of a tire transported by the first conveyor, at a first predetermined position in the first direction. A second positioner positions an end of the tire at a second predetermined position in a second direction horizontally perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The first and second clamping portion portions are at or adjacent to a clamping position, and pass through between a tire first portion at or adjacent to an end of the tire positioned by the first positioner and a tire second portion at or adjacent to an end of the tire positioned by the second positioner to clamp side surfaces of the tire.
Claims25
1-24. (canceled)
A transporting system comprising:
- a conveyor including a transport surface to transport multiple kinds of circular articles with different sizes, in a first direction;
- a controller to control the conveyor;
- a first positioner to position an end of an article that is transported by the conveyor, at a first predetermined position in the first direction;
- a second positioner to position an end of the article in a second predetermined position in a second direction horizontally perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
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- a pair of clamping portions provided at a clamping position or adjacent to the clamping position and to pass through between an article first portion at or adjacent to an end of the article that has been positioned by the first positioner and an article second portion at or adjacent to an end of the article that has been positioned by the second positioner to clamp side surfaces of the article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.