Transport Vehicle
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasashige Iwata, Kazunari Kimura, Hiroyoshi Murata
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Abstract
A transport vehicle of the present invention includes; a container group support section that supports a container group, which includes containers in a stacked state, in a predetermined stacking region; a lifting device-that lifts a container in the container group supported by the container group support section; and a transfer device that transfers a container. The lifting device includes: a first lifting mechanism that lifts a container, which is at a desired height in the container group stacked in the stacking region, relative to the container adjacent therebelow; and a second lifting mechanism that lifts a container, which is below the container lifted by the first lifting mechanism, relative to the container therebelow.
Claims10
A transport vehicle configured to transport containers configured to be stackable in an up-down direction, the transport vehicle comprising:
- a travel body configured to travel;
- a container group support section provided in the travel body and configured to support a container group, which comprises a plurality of containers in a stacked state, in a predetermined stacking region;
- a lifting device provided in the travel body and configured to lift a container in the container group supported by the container group support section;
- and
- a transfer device provided in the travel body and configured to transfer a container,
- wherein the transfer device comprises:
- a first holding section configured to hold a container;
- a second holding section disposed below the first holding section and configured to hold a container;
- a first transfer mechanism configured to transfer a container between the first holding section and the stacking region;
- and
- a second transfer mechanism configured to transfer a container between the second holding section and the stacking region, and
- wherein the lifting device comprises:
- a first lifting mechanism configured to lift a container, which is at a desired height in the container group stacked in the stacking region, relative to an adjacent container below the container lifted by the first lifting mechanism;
- and
- a second lifting mechanism configured to lift a container, which is below the container lifted by the first lifting mechanism, relative to an adjacent container below the container lifted by the second lifting mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.