Daifuku Co., Ltd.

Kanto Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Masao Kasagi

Naoyuki Kiuchi

Susumu Nakagawa

Akio Kimura

Masanori Fujimaru

Eiji Taguchi

Shinji Kawabe

The conveying apparatus comprises a conveying path, a return path, an endless circulating driver and pallet supporting and driving means. The conveying path includes a horizontal inlet path, a horizontal outlet path, and an inclined path connected to at least one of the inner ends of the inlet and outlet path. The circulating driver circulates between the conveying path and return path. The supporting and driving mechanism are mounted at intervals on the circulating driver. The pallet supporting and driving mechanism include a front pallet support for supporting a front portion of the pallet, a rear pallet support for supporting a rear portion of the pallet, and a driving engager for automatically engaging with the pallet near the front pallet support. The pallet includes a front supported part that can be supported by the front pallet support, a rear supported part that can be supported by the rear pallet support movable relative to the pallet in the predetermined direction, and an engaged part for automatically engaging with the driving engager. The pallet conveyed to the inlet path section can be transferred onto one of the supporting and driving mechanism, which conveys the pallet on it along the conveying path to the outlet path section.

Conveying apparatus

The invention relates to a device for conveying travelable bodies which are provided no driving source, on a fixed path. A plurality of travelable bodies can travel on the fixed path while aligned substantially in close contact with each other. Traveling power is transmitted to one of a plurality of travelable bodies which is positioned on at least one end of the alignment. The traveling power drives the travelable body with frictional force while pressing one side surface of the travelable body, and is transmitted to the travelable body while backing up the other side surface of the travelable body. A device to transmit traveling power is arranged on only a part of the fixed path.

Apparatus for conveying travelable body

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Tokyo, Japan

Masao Kasagi