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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2009
Shoji Tada, Hino-cho, JP;
Yoshifumi Yasuda, Hino-cho, JP;
Junichi Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Tada, Hino-cho, JP;
Yoshifumi Yasuda, Hino-cho, JP;
Junichi Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for transferring vehicles onto a conveyer comprises: a front wheel supporting device () on an elevator (), which is provided with a pair of front and rear wheel supporting arms () that freely open and close in a horizontal direction between a closed posture supporting front wheels (Wf) at a predetermined position in terms of the convey direction and an opened posture releasing the front wheels (Wf) to the convey direction; a rear wheel supporting device () on the elevator (), which is provided with a wheel supporting plate () that supports rear wheels (Wr) without determining the position thereof in terms of the convey direction and can switch its posture between a horizontal posture and a front-down tilted posture in terms of the convey direction; and a posture switching device () that changes the wheel supporting plate () of the rear wheel supporting device () to the tilted posture, at least when the elevator (), supporting a vehicle (C) with the wheel supporting arms () of the front wheel supporting device () in the closed posture and the wheel supporting plate () of the rear wheel supporting device () in the horizontal posture, is at the lowermost position for transferring the vehicle (C) onto a conveyor ().