# US 9,519,001 B2 · Carrying apparatus

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- Number: US 9,519,001 B2
- Document ID: US9519001B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/620,714
- Filed: 2015-02-12
- Published: 2015-08-13
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2014-02-12
- Assignees: Aoi Seiki Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Aoi Seiki Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Teruaki Itoh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9519001B2

## CPC

- G01N 35/04: Details of the conveyor system {(G01N35/021 - G01N35/028 take precedence)}
- B65G 33/04: conveyed between a single screw and guiding means
- B65G 35/066: {the bar or the tube being provided with a helical or annular channel}
- B65G 54/02: electrostatic, electric, or magnetic
- G01N 2035/0477: {Magnetic}
- G01N 2035/0487: {Helix or lead screw}
- G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

## Abstract

A carrying apparatus includes a holder which houses an object to be carried and which comprises a holder side member; a carrying path which guides the movement of the holder; a helical member which generates, between the holder side member and the helical member, a first force in a direction to depart from the holder side member or a second force to attract the holder side member and which is disposed along the carrying path; and a rotation unit which rotates the helical member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A carrying apparatus comprising:
a holder including an object-to-be-carried holding portion which holds an object to be carried, a top flange provided at a lower edge of the object-to-be-carried holding portion, a held portion provided at a lower edge of the top flange, and a bottom flange provided at a lower edge of the held portion;
a holder side member provided at a lower edge of the holder;
a carrying path including a pair of side walls and a traveling wall which is provided between the pair of side walls and on which the holder travels, the traveling wall including a communication groove formed in a central part of the traveling wall in a width direction;
a helical member disposed along the carrying path opposite to the object-to-be-carried holding member across the traveling wall, the helical member being configured to generate, between the holder side member and the helical member, a first force in a direction to depart from the holder side member or a second force to attract the holder side member, and being configured to move the holder along the traveling wall by the first force or the second force by rotation; and
a rotation unit configured to rotate the helical member.