Title:
HORIZONTAL CONVEYANCE MECHANISM FOR SELF-PROPELLED CARRIAGE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2008/012989
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A conveyance mechanism having rails (10) horizontally and vertically laid in a
building, racks (20) laid along the rails, wheels (31, 32) for traveling on the rail,
and a self-propelled carriage (30) having pinions (33, 34) meshing with the racks
and a drive section for the pinions and on which a load is placed. The rails have
a curve section in which they change the direction from horizontal to vertical
or from vertical to horizontal, and also have a vertical section continuing to
the horizontal section. In the two sections above, the rails have rails (11) for
the pinions, having the racks meshing with the pinions, and also have rails (12)
for the travel wheels, installed in parallel with and separated from the rails
for the pinions. The carriage have, on its left and right sides, the pinions meshing
with the rails for the pinions and the travel wheels supported on the rails for
the travel wheels. Also, the rails for the pinions and the rails for the travel wheels
are arranged so that the carriage can move in a horizontal position in the curve
section and the vertical section continuing to the curve section.
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Inventors:
SUZUKI YUJI (JP)
TSURUMORI KENICHIRO (JP)
MASUJIMA MINORU (JP)
TSURUMORI KENICHIRO (JP)
MASUJIMA MINORU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2007/061020
Publication Date:
January 31, 2008
Filing Date:
May 30, 2007
Export Citation:
Assignee:
S & S ENGINEERING CORP (JP)
SUZUKI YUJI (JP)
TSURUMORI KENICHIRO (JP)
MASUJIMA MINORU (JP)
SUZUKI YUJI (JP)
TSURUMORI KENICHIRO (JP)
MASUJIMA MINORU (JP)
International Classes:
B61B13/04; B61B3/02; B61B13/02; B61B13/12
Foreign References:
| JPS50131705U | 1975-10-29 | |||
| JPH1035816A | 1998-02-10 | |||
| JPS62137764U | 1987-08-31 | |||
| JPS5247282A | 1977-04-14 | |||
| JPS6326384Y2 | 1988-07-18 | |||
| JPS6012769Y2 | 1985-04-24 | |||
| JP2005047369A | 2005-02-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HIGUCHI, Morinosuke et al. (13-1 Toranomon 5-chom, Minato-ku Tokyo 01, JP)
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