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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2021
Itoh Denki Co., Ltd., Kasai, JP;
Kazuo Itoh, Kasai, JP;
Toshiyuki Tachibana, Kasai, JP;
Akira Takanaga, Kasai, JP;
Mitsuo Inoue, Kasai, JP;
Shin Asada, Kasai, JP;
Itoh Denki Co., Ltd., Kasai, JP;
Abstract
A conveyance device capable of reducing the frequency of stopping. A plurality of conveyance units are connected to form a conveyance path. The conveyance unit includes a drive device that drives the conveyance unit, and an individual control device that controls the conveyance unit. The individual control device drives the conveyance unit when a specific drive condition is satisfied. The conveyance device includes a host control device that performs communication with the individual control device. The host control device includes a movement situation monitoring unit that monitors a movement situation of an actual object on the conveyance path, and when the conveyance unit on which a specific object is placed is stopped even in a situation where the specific object is movable on the basis of a state around the specific object, a correction operation to drive the conveyance unit is executed regardless of the drive condition.