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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/90 (2006.01); B65G 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/905 (2013.01); B65G 37/00 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0216 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
The transfer apparatus transfers an article, which is a package, to a container while holding an upper face of the package. A control apparatus performs both a transfer control to cause the transfer apparatus to transfer the article to the container and a first pressing control to cause the pressing apparatus to press, from above, the article that has been transferred to the container through the transfer control if the article to be transferred by the transfer apparatus is a type 1 article, and performs only the transfer control, of the transfer control and the first pressing control, if the article to be transferred by the transfer apparatus is a type 2 article.