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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2018
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Medicaroid Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Yukio Iwasaki, Kobe, JP;
Satoshi Ouchi, Kobe, JP;
Eiji Mitsui, Kobe, JP;
Junichi Matsuoka, Kobe, JP;
Yukihiko Kitano, Kobe, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
MEDICAROID CORPORATION, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a rotary stocker which includes: a base; a rotary part provided on the base and rotatably connected to the base about a rotary axis extending in a vertical direction; a rotary drive device provided for rotating the rotary part; a plurality of shelves on which an object to be placed is placed, the plurality of shelves being fixed to the rotary part and being arranged in a circumferential direction about the rotary axis; and a sensor positioned outside the plurality of shelves in a radial direction of the rotary axis, the sensor capable of detecting whether the object to be placed is placed on each of the shelves positioned between the rotary axis and the sensor.