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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1992
Hajime Matsumoto, Itami, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic carrier system provided with first carrier units for carrying an object between two adjacent regions, a second carrier unit for carrying the object between two remote regions, and a transfer unit for transferring the object between the first carrier units and the second carrier unit, so that the object is carried between two optional regions of the plurality of regions and an automatic carrying method using this system. When an object is to be carried between the remote regions, it is detected whether or not the first carrier unit at the region to which the object is carried is usable, so that, only when it is usable, the second carrier unit is used to carry the object.