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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masaoki Iwase, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 25/34 (2006.01); B60L 13/03 (2006.01); B61B 13/04 (2006.01); B66B 7/02 (2006.01); B66B 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 25/34 (2013.01); B60L 13/03 (2013.01); B61B 13/04 (2013.01); B66B 7/022 (2013.01); B66B 11/0407 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveying-path rotary switching unit that is a conveying path switching device includes a base, stators arranged along conveying paths for branching for a conveying carriage, a first conveying path provided on the base, and a second conveying path that is provided on the base and is different from the first conveying path. As for a conveying path on which the conveying carriage travels, the first conveying path and the second conveying path are switchable by rotation. The stators are used for both the first conveying path and the second conveying path in a shared manner.