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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1984
Kenro Motoda, Tokyo, JP;
Motoda Electronics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An article delivery apparatus carries out article delivery in a factory and so on through trays comprising, a main body having a tray supply portion for loading a tray stack including a plurality of trays stacked one upon another and an article delivery portion for positioning the tray transferred from the tray supply portion so as to allow an article delivery operation, a transfer device provided in association with the tray supply portion and the article delivery portion for feeding the tray from the tray supply portion to the article delivery portion and returning the tray after completion of the article delivery operation to a lower portion of the tray supply portion, and a lift provided in the vicinity of the tray supply portion for feeding the tray of the tray stack to the transfer device and receiving the tray after completion of the article delivery operation returned to the lower portion of the tray supply portion.