Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conveyance apparatus using movable bodies
- Patent Title (中): 使用移动体的输送装置
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Application No.: US10838134Application Date: 2004-05-03
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Publication No.: US07201105B2Publication Date: 2007-04-10
- Inventor: Shigeyoshi Nishihara , Toshiyuki Iba
- Applicant: Shigeyoshi Nishihara , Toshiyuki Iba
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agent D. Peter Hochberg; Sean Mellino
- Priority: JP2003-126093 20030501; JP2003-126094 20030501; JP2003-126095 20030501
- Main IPC: B61B12/00
- IPC: B61B12/00

Abstract:
Guided devices are connected to the front and rear ends of the main body of a moving body. Each guided device is connected in a relatively rotatable fashion about a lateral axle to the lower part of a vertical shaft. A lateral roller supporting body is connected to the vertical shaft, and guide rollers supported and guided by guide bodies disposed in prescribed positions in a fixed path are provided on the right and left-hand ends of the roller support body. During movement, the roller supporting body connected to the vertical shaft too rotates integrally, and the axis of a lateral axle supporting the pair of right and left-hand guide rollers can be orientated orthogonal to the fixed path, whereby the guide rollers are able to rotate smoothly without causing slipping or frictional resistance. Thereby, the supporting unit can always be supported and guided smoothly in curved path sections.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040216985A1 Conveyance apparatus using movable bodies Public/Granted day:2004-11-04
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