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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0421 (2012.12); B65G 2203/0283 (2012.12);
Abstract
A stocker includes a crane to travel on a travel route, a maintenance area on an extension of the travel route, a controller to cause the crane to travel toward the maintenance area, a first sensor to detect that the crane is positioned at an entry position, and a second sensor to detect that the crane has arrived at a stop position. The controller is configured or programmed to control the crane to decelerate in accordance with a detection result of the first sensor and control the crane to stop in accordance with a detection result of the second sensor.