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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2003
Akito Tai, Kagamigahara, JP;
Yuji Imamura, Aichi, JP;
Fumiki Goto, Inuyama, JP;
Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a carrying apparatus that prevents an elevating motor and the like from projecting from a stacker crane to hinder the stacker crane from interfering with walls of an automatic warehouse. A traveling vehicleof a stacker crane comprises traveling driving meansfor wheelsand elevation driving meansfor elevating and lowering a platformBoth driving meansare arranged so that a longitudinal direction of both driving meansis almost parallel with a direction in which the traveling vehicleruns. The traveling vehiclecomprises a pair of framesspaced at a predetermined distance from each other and a plurality of connecting members that connect both framestogether. Both driving meansare arranged outside the respective framesWheelsare arranged in the front and rear, respectively, of the traveling vehicleThe traveling driving meansis connected to each wheelAn elevating pulleyfor the platformis arranged between the front and rear wheels. The elevation driving meansis connected to the elevating pulley