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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DAIFUKU CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1373 (2012.12);
Abstract
A transfer system includes a ceiling carrier, a ceiling storage shelf, and a purging device. The ceiling carrier transfers a foup along a running rail. The ceiling storage shelf is provided along the running rail. The ceiling storage shelf stores the foup transferred by the ceiling carrier. The purging device purges the foup stored in the ceiling storage shelf. The ceiling storage shelf includes placement portions and for placing the foup thereon. The placement portions and can be moved with respect to a storage shelf body of the ceiling storage shelf by a driving gas supplied to the purging device.