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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1977
Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An unmanned conveying control system capable of conveying a load between a base position such as a gateway of a warehouse or a predetermined position in a manufacture line in a factory and a storage place in the warehouse or factory as well as loading and unloading of the load in such base position and storage place completely automatically and without an operator. A load conveying way is defined by leader cables along which an unmanned travelling vehicle is guided. Leader cables are provided along load storage lines (lanes) in the warehouse or factory and a central control unit gives out load storage and load delivery instructions and applies a guide signal only to a lane in which the vehicle should be guided. The vehicle detects the state of the load placed in front of the vehicle and transfers the load from the vehicle to a required layer of a stacked load when the vehicle has received the load storage instruction, or from a required layer to the vehicle when it has received the load delivery instruction. The loading and unloading operations of the vehicle and forward and reverse movements and stopping of the vehicle required for such loading and unloading operations are all performed automatically.