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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Aoi Seiki Co., Ltd., Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Teruaki Itoh, Kumamoto, JP;
Assignee:
AOI SEIKI CO., LTD., Kumamoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 33/04 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B65G 35/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2013.01); B65G 33/04 (2013.01); B65G 35/066 (2013.01); B65G 54/02 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0477 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0487 (2013.01);
Abstract
A carrying apparatus includes a holder which houses an object to be carried and which comprises a holder side member; a carrying path which guides the movement of the holder; a helical member which generates, between the holder side member and the helical member, a first force in a direction to depart from the holder side member or a second force to attract the holder side member and which is disposed along the carrying path; and a rotation unit which rotates the helical member.