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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Makoto Kobayashi, Ise, JP;
Assignee:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/90 (2013.01);
Abstract
An overhead transport vehicle includes a lifting platform configured to transfer a container, a container contact portion configured to come into contact with a top surface of the container and movably provided along a height direction with respect to the lifting platform, and a height detecting unit configured to detect a relative height position of the container contact portion with respect to the lifting platform. The container contact portion is movably provided along the horizontal direction with respect to the lifting platform.