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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2006
Jiro Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiro Hayashi, Shiga, JP;
Jiro Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiro Hayashi, Shiga, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd, , JP;
Abstract
A carriage-type conveyance device using a carriage having a vertically movable object-supporting base that is controlled by a cam rail on the floor side, in which a turntable for changing the direction of the carriage has a low-floor structure. In the carriage-type conveyance device, the object-supporting base that is vertically movable between a lowered position and a lifted position is placed on a conveyance carriage (), a cam follower roller vertically moving in association with the movement of the object-supporting body is provided at the bottom of the conveyance carriage (), and a cam device () for pushing up the cam follower roller and a work section (A) in which the object support base is supported at the lifted position are provided in a traveling route of the conveyance carriage (). The conveyance device further has the turntable () placed in a traveling route on the downstream side of the work section (A) and changing the direction of the conveyance carriage (), and also has a means for holding at the lifted position the object-supporting body of the conveyance carriage () from at least the time immediately before the object-supporting body enters into the turntable () until it has exited from the rotated turntable ().