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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shinko Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 2/900 ;
Abstract
An overhead conveyance device and an overhead conveyance vehicle that can convey a conveying object, while keeping it at a minimum distance from surrounding equipment when the overhead conveying vehicle turns around during conveyance of the conveying object. The overhead conveyance device ( ) is so structured that even when a carriage part ( ) of the overhead conveyance vehicle ( ) enters a branching part ( ) for allowing the carriage part to change in traveling direction and turns around, the conveying object ( ) grasped by a hand ( ) can be kept unchanged in direction.