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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Wataru Kiyokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/52 (2006.01); B65G 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/52 (2013.01); B65G 37/005 (2013.01); B65G 2207/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A middle guide is located between a first transporter and a second transporter in a width direction in an area of a conveyor device extending in a transportation direction including a joint connecting to a support conveying device to guide a bottom middle portion of a bottom surface, and the bottom middle portion is a portion of the bottom surface between a bottom first portion and a bottom second portion in the width direction. The middle guide has a middle guide surface to guide the bottom middle portion, and the middle guide surface is located in a reference plane at the joint and inclined further downward at a greater distance from the joint.