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Patent No.:

US 9422017 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2015
Applicant:

Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Tatsunori Waki, Ikeda, JP;

Hiroaki Hamada, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/60 (2006.01); B65G 21/22 (2006.01); B65G 47/22 (2006.01); B62D 65/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 65/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

An overhead conveyor apparatus includes: a holding unit configured to hold a work; a transport path configured to transport the holding unit holding the work downstream; and a return path provided above the transport path and configured to return the empty holding unit upstream. The overhead conveyor apparatus may further include: a first lift unit provided upstream of the transport path and configured to lower the holding unit to transfer the holding unit from the return path to the transport path; and a second lift unit provided downstream of the transport path and configured to raise the holding unit to transfer the holding unit from the transport path to the return path.


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Waki, Tatsunori. (2016). Overhead conveyor apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 9422017). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9422017

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