Tray transport apparatus and transfer system
AssigneeHirata Corporation
InventorsShuichi Komuro, Yoichi Hirasawa
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Abstract
A tray transport apparatus comprises a reception portion configured to receive a container configured to accommodate a stack formed by stacking a plurality of trays, an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the stack, the accommodation portion being disposed above the reception portion, a transfer unit configured to lift the stack from the container to separate the stack from the container and transfer the stack to the accommodation portion, and a transport unit configured to unload a tray located at a lowermost portion of the stack accommodated in the accommodation portion.
Claims20
A tray transport apparatus comprising:
- a reception portion configured to receive a container configured to accommodate a stack formed by stacking a plurality of trays;
- an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the stack, the accommodation portion being disposed above the reception portion;
- a transfer unit configured to lift the stack from the container to separate the stack from the container and transfer the stack to the accommodation portion;
- and
- a transport unit configured to unload a tray located at a lowermost portion of the stack accommodated in the accommodation portion.
A tray transport apparatus comprising:
- a reception portion configured to receive a container;
- an accommodation portion disposed above the reception portion, the accommodation portion being configured to accommodate a stack formed by stacking a plurality of trays;
- a transport unit configured to transport a tray to be added to a lowermost portion of the stack;
- and
- a transfer unit configured to transfer the stack to the container received by the reception portion by lowering the stack accommodated in the accommodation portion.
A transfer system comprising:
- a work transfer apparatus configured to transfer a work from a first tray to a second tray;
- a work supply apparatus configured to supply the first tray supporting the work to the work transfer apparatus;
- and
- a tray supply apparatus configured to supply the second tray to the work transfer apparatus,
- wherein
- the work supply apparatus includes:
- a first reception portion configured to receive a first container configured to accommodate a first stack of a plurality of the first trays;
- a first accommodation portion disposed above the first reception portion, the first accommodation portion being configured to accommodate the first stack;
- a first transfer unit configured to lift the first stack from the first container to separate the first stack from the first container and transfer the first stack to the first accommodation portion;
- and
- a first transport unit configured to unload the first tray located at a lowermost portion of the first stack accommodated in the first accommodation portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.