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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kazutoshi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Yoda, Tokyo, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An unloading apparatus includes a holding apparatus configured to hold side peripheral surfaces of a holding target article group, which is an article subgroup in one level among a plurality of article subgroups in a plurality of levels which article subgroups are included in the stacked article group, in such a manner as to hold the holding target article group and an article subgroup above the holding target article group; a first transport apparatus configured to receive at least one article subgroup held by the holding apparatus from the holding apparatus, and transport the at least one received article subgroup; a retrieval apparatus configured to retrieve one or more articles from an article subgroup in an uppermost level in the stacked article group; and a second transport apparatus configured to transport the stacked article group from the retrieval apparatus to the holding apparatus.