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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Kaname Takai, Inuyama, JP;
Murata Machinery, LTD., , JP;
Abstract
Without a lateral transfer mechanism in a local vehicle, the buffering capacity of a temporary storage apparatus is increased. The temporary storage apparatus stores carriers temporarily between overhead travelling vehicles and load ports. A travelling rail for the local vehicle is provided to allow the local vehicle to run below the travelling rail for the overhead vehicles and over the load ports. A slidable buffer slidable between a position under the travelling rail for the local vehicle and a position shifted laterally and a controller for controlling the local vehicle and the slidable buffer are provided, and the local vehicle waits at a position separated from an area over the load ports.