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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Hideo Yoshioka, Higashiomi, JP;
Shigeharu Tanii, Osaka, JP;
Hideo Yoshioka, Higashiomi, JP;
Shigeharu Tanii, Osaka, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The object is to provide an article transporting device in which dust generation can be prevented and in which it is hard for the operator at the operator's transfer location to be injured. The device comprises a reciprocating movable body configured to move in a forward and backward directions on a travel path extending between an operator's transfer location P and a non-operator's transfer location Q, a cover bodywhich partially covers an area above the reciprocating movable body which travels over an entire length of the travel path, an article supportconnected to the reciprocating movable body by a connecting portion which extends upwardly from the reciprocating movable body and vertically through the slitprovided to the cover body, the article support being configured to move above the cover body along a direction of the travel path. The slit is formed such that the connecting portion remains out of contact with the cover body, when the reciprocating movable body moves along the travel path. A flexible and resilient coverwhich can be elastically deformed is provided in an end forming portionE of the cover body which forms an end of the slit on a side of the operator's transfer location.