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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Yuuya Toe, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryota Okazaki, Yamato, JP;
Kichinosuke Hirokawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a transport system that moves a moving portion, which moves in a transport direction along a fixed portion, while detecting a position of the moving portion by a scale and a sensor, a guide block is installed on a second surface of a first part of the moving portion, a guide rail is installed on a first surface of the fixed portion, the scale is installed at an end of the first part of the moving portion on an opposite side across the guide block, and a sensor that has a detecting unit at a position facing the scale is installed in the fixed portion.