Daifuku Co., Ltd.

Tomoyuki Sasaki

Shigeyoshi Fujita

Kazuyoshi Fukuhara

Hiroshi Nishikawa

Naoyuki Kiuchi

A conveying system having a cart traveling on a rail. A rail cover strut is disposed along the rail and a rail cover is attached to the rail cover strut. A wheel or wheels of the cart are mounted on a bracket extending to pass under the lower end of the rail cover.

Rail vehicle conveying system and rail covers therefor

A monorail conveyor system in which an automotive cart comprising a drive wheel, a drive motor for driving the drive wheel, a gear case where output of the driving motor is reduced, and centering rollers rotatable on vertical axes, receives electric currents and control signals from a hollow rail and travels along the hollow rail. The driving motor has an output shaft extending in the forward-rearward direction of travel.

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Amagasaki, Japan

Tomoyuki Sasaki