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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0464 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus receives designation of a target position (Pt) in a storage plane (F); and, in response to the target position (Pt) being designated, the control apparatus can execute a passage formation mode for forming a passage (R). In the passage formation mode, a passage area (AR) for ensuring a passage (R) is set, and all target articles (C) placed in the passage area (AR) are moved to a location outside of the passage area (AR) in the storage plane (F) by a conveying apparatus.