Kanto Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Akio Satoyoshi

An apparatus for automatic placement and collection of chairs having a dolly allowing a large number of chairs stacked in a horizontal direction to be loaded thereon, the dolly having a base on which the front legs on the lateral sides of the chairs can be positioned while being inclined frontward, and also having a horizontal chair-guide bar capable of being inserted through the space between the front and rear legs of each chair for supporting the chair from below and for guiding the chair in the direction in which the chair is moved for placement or collection. The apparatus also has a motive power unit removably mounted on the dolly, the unit having a dolly lifting device for lifting the dolly from the floor, a chair holding device mounted on a pair of rails capable of being disposed in a space below the chair-guide bar, and provided to hold and move each chair between the chair-setting position on the floor and the chair-collecting position on the chair-guide bar, and driving and steering wheels for free movement on the floor.

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Yokohama, Japan

Akio Satoyoshi