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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2023
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kouichirou Nakashima, Hinocho, JP;
Akira Miyahara, Hinocho, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An elevating device includes: a mount section on which an article is placeable; a protruding-retreating mechanism supporting the mount section and configured to cause the mount section to protrude and retreat in a protruding-retreating direction extending in a horizontal direction; an elevating mechanism supporting the protruding-retreating mechanism and configured to raise and lower the protruding-retreating mechanism; and a base supporting the elevating mechanism, wherein the elevating mechanism includes a first support section being an area supporting the protruding-retreating mechanism, the elevating device further includes a second support section being separate from the first support section and supporting the protruding-retreating mechanism, and the second support section is configured to (i) allow the elevating mechanism to raise and lower the protruding-retreating mechanism, and (ii) support a moment that acts on the protruding-retreating mechanism with the first support section serving as a fulcrum.