Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated warehouse and suspension-type stacker crane
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Application No.: US15569360Application Date: 2016-04-01
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Publication No.: US10683167B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Junichi Masuda , Akito Tai
- Applicant: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@25a28e10
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/060931 WO 20160401
- International Announcement: WO2016/178347 WO 20161110
- Main IPC: B65G1/04
- IPC: B65G1/04 ; B65G54/02 ; B66F9/07

Abstract:
A low cost automated warehouse that enables a plurality of types of stacker cranes to travel and support articles with different weights is provided. The warehouse includes a rack with multiple levels of shelves, a track along the rack at a position higher than the multiple levels of shelves, and a first and second suspension type stacker crane. The first suspension type stacker crane includes a plurality of driving trucks arranged in a traveling direction, a mast extending in the vertical direction, and a first transfer device suspended in a liftable manner. The second suspension type stacker crane includes a plurality of driving trucks whose number is smaller than the number of the driving trucks of the first suspension type stacker crane, arranged in the traveling direction, a mast extending in the vertical direction, and a second transfer device suspended in a liftable manner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180297779A1 AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE AND SUSPENSION-TYPE STACKER CRANE Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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