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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2007
Shinji Hishioka, Toyota, JP;
Yasuhide Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Masashi Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Toshimitsu Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Syunji Sakura, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Ishida, Osaka, JP;
Shinji Hishioka, Toyota, JP;
Yasuhide Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Masashi Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Toshimitsu Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Syunji Sakura, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Ishida, Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A storage conveyor that secures a number of stored workpieces while saving space is provided. When a sprocket on a driving side is driven to rotate in a forward/reverse direction by a chain drive motor, opposing bend suppression members between a pair of chains are successively engaged/disengaged, and an opposing portion between the pair of chains is extended/retracted with respect to a workpiece conveyance surface. Thus, workpieces are passed between the workpiece conveyance surface and workpiece receivers. Consequently, the workpieces can be stored in a vertical direction (up-down direction), making it possible to secure the number of stored workpieces while saving space.