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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1990
Teruo Azukizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mimpei Morishita, Fuchu, JP;
Toyohiko Yokoyama, Urawa, JP;
Shigeo Takaki, Fuchu, JP;
Yoshio Yuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Akitaka Noda, Fuchu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In a transportation system of a floated-carrier type, a carrier is suspended from a guide rail, in a non-contact manner, and is proelled along the guide rail. The transportation system includes a plurality of track units, each having the ferromagnetic guide rail, an electrical wire, and a pair of connectors provided to both ends of the electrical wire. Each track unit comprises minimum and necessary elements required for traveling the carrier. When a connector of one track unit and that of the other track unit are connected, connection of electrical wires necessary for this system is completed. For this reason, an operation for mounting the electrical wires in the track can be omitted, and installation of the track can be facilitated. Furthermore, when the travel path of the carrier is to be modified, a combination of track units can be freely changed, thus realizing various travel paths of the carriers. For this reason, the travel path can be easily modified.
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