DELIVERY FACILITY FOR TRAVELING BODY FOR TRANSPORTATION

Title:

DELIVERY FACILITY FOR TRAVELING BODY FOR TRANSPORTATION

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2007/013348

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A transportation facility in which an object transported while being suspended from a hanger such as a trolley conveyor is transferred on to a carriage of a carriage-type transportation device only for a certain section of a route. At the start point of transportation of the carriage-type transportation device, there is provided an object receiving means (14) at the under side of a traveling route of a traveling body (5) of the conveyor (1). An object support device (19) of the carriage (16) is lifted relative to the hanger (8) of the traveling body, and the object receiving means (14) is caused to receive the object (W) from the hanger. At the end of the transportation is provided an object return means (15) for lowering the object support device relative to the hanger of the traveling body to transfer the object to the hanger. In the transportation route (12) of the carriage-type transportation device, the traveling body is switched to a state in which drive is released and a hanger engagement means (20) of the carriage is engaged with the hanger so that the traveling body can be pulled and moved by the carriage.

Inventors:

NAKAMURA JIRO (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2006/314390

Publication Date:

February 01, 2007

Filing Date:

July 20, 2006

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

DAIFUKU KK (JP)
NAKAMURA JIRO (JP)

International Classes:

B61B10/02; B61B13/12; B61J1/10; B65G17/20

Foreign References:

JPH06115426A	1994-04-26
JPH08282836A	1996-10-29
JP2002087346A	2002-03-27
JP2002019946A	2002-01-23