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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Yoshiteru Ikehata, Shiga-ken, JP;
Takayoshi Ono, Shiga-ken, JP;
Yuichi Morimoto, Shiga-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 53/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention discloses a transporting apparatus that transmits a drive force to a transported object in a state where the transported object is supported by a air-supplying-type support apparatus. In one implementation thereof, a device for transferring drive force to a transported object transfers drive force to one side in the width direction, which is perpendicular to the transporting direction. In another implementation thereof, the transporting apparatus can be switched between a horizontal state in which the transported object is supported substantially horizontally, and an upright state.