335 patents
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Utility
Article Transport Apparatus
30 Jun 22
A transfer apparatus (7) includes a first protruding/retracting unit (21), a second protruding/retracting unit (22), and a control unit.
Masashige Iwata, Hirotaka Osako
Filed: 6 Apr 20
Utility
Transfer System
23 Jun 22
A transfer system includes a carrier and a storage shelf.
Fumio TAKAHARA, Rina ISHII, Shinichiro HIGASHI
Filed: 16 Dec 21
Utility
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23 Jun 22
A transfer device includes: a mounting unit (132) on which a target article (90) is to be mounted; and a transfer unit (T) that transfers the target article (90) between a storage unit (A) and the mounting unit (132), the transfer unit (T) includes a first transfer device (10T) that holds the target article (90) and moves the target article (90) in a depth direction (L), and a second transfer device (20T) that moves a portion of the target article (90) in the depth direction (L), the portion being mounted on the mounting unit (132), a first transfer distance (dl) by which the target article (90) is to be moved by the first transfer device (10T) is shorter than a total transfer distance by which the target article (90) is to be moved in the depth direction (L) between the mounting unit (132) and the storage unit (A).
Takashi Fujita, Kunihiro Tsukamoto, Akira Emoto
Filed: 10 Mar 20
Utility
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16 Jun 22
An object detection device includes: a scanning optical system configured to scan a space by measurement light and guide reflected light from an object; a distance calculation circuit configured to calculate a distance and a direction to the object based on physical relationship between the measurement light and the reflected light; an object determination circuit configured to determine whether the distance and the direction to the object are within a predetermined monitoring region; a signal output circuit configured to output an object detection signal upon determination that the object is within the monitoring region; and a mode switching circuit configured to switch to either a first mode in which it is determined whether the object is within the monitoring region regardless of an intensity of the reflected light and a second mode in which such determination is performed only when the intensity is at or above a predetermined threshold.
Natsuo TAKAGAWA, Akihito YAMAMOTO, Takahiro KASAHARA
Filed: 29 Jan 20
Utility
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31 May 22
A control unit that controls a transport apparatus executes selection control to select one accommodation portion as a selected accommodation portion, movement control to control the transport apparatus so as to move a transport support portion to a corresponding position, determination control to determine whether or not a detection target portion is detected by a detecting portion, transfer control to control the transport apparatus so as to transfer an article from the transport support portion to an accommodation support member, and update setting control to set the selected accommodation portion and related accommodation portions as prohibited accommodation portions if it is determined, in the determination control, that the detection target portion is not detected, and after the update setting control, the control unit again executes the selection control to newly select a selected accommodation portion, and executes the movement control so as to move the transport support portion to a corresponding position corresponding to the newly selected accommodation portion.
Takeshi Abe, Tsuyoshi Yoshizaki, Jun Tanaka, Katsumichi Sameshima
Filed: 11 Sep 20
Utility
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31 May 22
A first storage section includes a first support portion that supports an article and a movable support portion that movably supports the first support portion in the path width direction.
Yuichi Morimoto, Ryosuke Noguchi
Filed: 27 Apr 21
Utility
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26 May 22
An article conveyance apparatus couples a plurality of conveyor carriages for conveying articles and enables the coupled conveyor carriages to travel along a conveyance path K.
Yuichi UEDA, Osamu MATSUI, Hiroyuki KOIDE, Atsushi ISHIKURA
Filed: 6 Nov 19
Utility
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24 May 22
A transport vehicle (2) is provided with: a support region (22) where a container (W) is supported; a container transfer apparatus (24) that inserts/takes a container (W) into/out of a container shelf; a recognition apparatus (27) that recognizes at least one of an article stored in a container (W) in a first state in which the container (W) is supported in the support region (22) and an article stored in a container (W) in a second state in which the container (W) is supported by the container transfer apparatus (24); and an article transfer apparatus (26) that transfers an article recognized by the recognition apparatus (27) between a container (W) in the first state and a container (W) in the second state.
Yuichi Ueda, Masashige Iwata, Akira Emoto
Filed: 31 Jul 18
Utility
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24 May 22
A control device (10) of an article transfer facility (100) determines the size of a first dead space surrounded by a set article (Wd) and a target article (Wc) located at a first candidate position (P1).
Atsushi Minoo
Filed: 2 Dec 19
Utility
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10 May 22
An article conveying facility in which an article is conveyed by a conveyance carriage travelling on a pair of left and right rails provided along a conveyance path.
Yuichi Ueda, Osamu Matsui, Hiroyuki Koide, Atsushi Ishikura
Filed: 7 Jan 21
Utility
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10 May 22
A sorting facility for sorting articles by a plurality of connected conveyance carriages.
Yuichi Ueda, Osamu Matsui, Hiroyuki Koide, Atsushi Ishikura
Filed: 7 Jan 21
Utility
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5 May 22
An article sorting system includes: a sorting container support apparatus including a plurality of sorting container support units; a plurality of sorting containers supported by the sorting container support units; an automatic sorting apparatus that is arranged adjacent to the sorting container support apparatus and configured to automatically sort a plurality of articles into a plurality of articles; a work area that is set up adjacent to the sorting container support apparatus on a side opposite to the automatic sorting apparatus and in which an operator performs a sorting operation to sort articles into the plurality of sorting containers supported by the sorting container support units; and an operation display apparatus.
Kosuke Ogino
Filed: 26 Oct 21
Utility
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5 May 22
An article transport vehicle includes: a transfer device (24) that transfers an article (W) to a housing rack (1) by moving, along a protruding/retracting direction (A), a contact portion (46) that comes into contact with an article (W); a pair of first guide portions (28) that are located on opposite sides in a width direction (B) relative to an article (W) being transferred by the transfer device (24) and guide the article (W) in the protruding/retracting direction (A); a guide driving device (29) that changes a distance (D) between the two first guide portions (28) in the width direction (B); and a control unit (H) that controls the guide driving device (29).
Kazunari Kimura
Filed: 18 Mar 20
Utility
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5 May 22
A control device is capable of executing a first abnormality control, a retraction control, and a second abnormality control.
Junichi Shimamura
Filed: 28 Oct 21
Utility
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28 Apr 22
An article sorting apparatus includes an article support body, article lateral pushing bodies, a rectilinear-movement guide body, a sliding guide body having a sliding guide surface, and a diverting mechanism.
Akira Miyahara, Makoto Namikawa
Filed: 26 Oct 21
Utility
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28 Apr 22
In a case where the target article is transported between areas, a management control unit executes path setting control, a first area control unit executes first area transport control, a connection control unit executes connecting transport control, and a second area control unit executes second area transport control.
Koichi Hagiwara, Makoto Kono
Filed: 20 Oct 21
Utility
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26 Apr 22
An article transport facility includes article transport vehicles that travel along a specified travelable path, and a control device that controls the article transport vehicles.
Makoto Kono, Keisuke Takeno, Kazuhiro Iwamitsu
Filed: 3 Nov 20
Utility
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26 Apr 22
An article sorting facility includes a plurality of storage members each configured to store one or more articles, a plurality of article transport vehicles each capable of traveling in at least a portion of a preset travel lane with one or more support members on board, each support member being configured to support one or more articles; a plurality of work areas each configured to allow work to be performed to transfer articles between one or more storage members and at least one of the one or more support members on board an article transport vehicle in the travel lane, wherein each of the work areas is located adjacent to one or more storage members and to the travel lane, wherein the plurality of work areas are arranged one adjacent to another along the travel lane, and wherein two or more article transport vehicles are in the travel lane simultaneously to travel in a line.
Hiroyuki Mori
Filed: 24 Dec 20
Utility
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14 Apr 22
A fixing device that fixes a lower end portion of a suspension belt to a holding portion is provided with a shaft-like portion with an axial direction aligned with a horizontal direction; a fixing portion where the lower end portion of the suspension belt is fixed is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft-like portion; a region of the outer circumferential surface on one side of a virtual vertical surface that runs through an axial center of the shaft-like portion is defined as a first region and a region of the outer circumferential surface on the other side of the virtual vertical surface is defined as a second region; the fixing portion is provided in the first region; and the suspension belt extending from the fixing portion is disposed running through a lowest portion of the outer circumferential surface and running along the second region and upward.
Takeshi Abe
Filed: 7 Oct 21
Utility
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5 Apr 22
A transportation equipment branch convergence device has a curving transportation device that tangentially connects to a straight track anchored at a fixed height so as to transport an object along the entirety of a curving track at the same level as the straight track.
Yoshihiko Fujio
Filed: 11 Nov 20