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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Namikawa, Hinocho, JP;
Manabu Onayama, Hinocho, JP;
Assignee:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/76 (2006.01); B65G 47/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/766 (2013.01); B65G 47/844 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a case where an article (A) is advanced along an inclined transport direction (C) by use of an article transverse-pushing body () configured to move along a main transport direction (T) and to be movable in a width direction (W) perpendicular to the main transport direction (T), the article transverse-pushing body () is accelerated in the width direction (W) in a sorting region (B) and then inertially moved such that the article transverse-pushing body () thus moving inertially is brought into contact with the article (A).