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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshihiko Miura, Kawasaki, JP;
Sachio Umetsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414609 ; 4147942 ; 414933 ; 414416 ;
Abstract
An article supplier is provided with a first elevator for supplying articles contained in a pallet to a robot, a second elevator for discharging an empty pallet, and a driving mechanism for seesaw-moving the first and second elevators with the pallet being moved to an article supply position and a discharge position for the empty pallet by the elevators. In addition, a plurality of detectors detect the positions of the elevators and the raising and lowering of the first and second elevators is based on signals from the detectors.