Apparatus for transferring cargoes
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorsYukihiro Goto, Yoshihiko Yamada
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Abstract
A transporter movable perpendicularly to a transfer path along one or more shelving racks containing shelves, a cargo transfer apparatus is mounted from the transporter, and has a cargo platform for receiving cargo transferred therefrom and thereto along a horizontal transfer path between the platform and a shelf, a traverser disposed along at least one side of the transfer path and having a retracted position along said cargo platform and being extendable from its retracted position to and into the shelf, a first drive for reciprocating the traverser along the transfer path, a pair of transfer arms for pushing cargo toward and away from the cargo platform, and a second drive for moving the transfer arms between their resting positions and their active positions.
Claims16
A cargo transfer apparatus, comprising
- (i) a cargo platform for supporting cargo having respective front and rear faces, the cargo being transferred from said platform and thereto along a horizontal transfer path between the platform and a shelf, the transfer path defining a transferring direction of the cargo and having a left and a right side, and said platform having a front end and a rear end,
- (ii) a traverser having a forward and rearward end, the traverser being disposed along at least one said side of the transfer path and having a retracted position along said cargo platform and being extendable from its retracted position to and into the shelf,
- (iii) a first drive for reciprocating said traverser along the transfer path,
- (iv) a pair of transfer arms for pushing one of two opposing front and rear faces of the cargo relative to said transferring direction, toward and away from said cargo platform, each transfer arm being attached respectively to the forward and rearward ends of said traverser, said arms being spaced from each other by a distance greater than the length between the two opposing front and rear faces of the cargo relative to said transferring direction, each of said transfer arms having a free end, an upright resting position, and a lowered active position where the free end projects over the transfer path, and
- (v) a second drive for moving said transfer arms between their resting positions and their active positions.
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