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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1995
Takumi Mizokawa, Toyohashi, JP;
Koji Ota, Toyohashi, JP;
Kashiro Ureshino, Takasago, JP;
Katsumi Ichikawa, Takasago, JP;
Koichi Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Tomita, Ise, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Kobe, JP;
Shinko Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveyor system that performs a conveyance by using pallets for loading green tires and device for conveying these pallets, installs a storage area for storing pallets as they are on the way to convey, and uses robots for transferring the green tires from a pallet to a tire vulcanizer. Pallets being of such a type as to be able to load two or more green tires for planar placement and a conveyor devise is desired to be able to get under these pallets for lifting up. Furthermore, a visual sensor provided on a robot reads at least one of a mark concerning the specification of a green tire, a mark for its positioning on a pallet, and a mark for its positioning on a tire vulcanizer, identifies a green tire to be conveyed, and automatically performs a positioning in transferring the green tire from the relevant pallet and a positioning in transferring the green tire to a tire vulcanizer in the conveyor system. In addition, these tire vulcanizers, conveyor device, and robots are collectively controlled using computers.