Article transport body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10640294-B2
Application number	US-201916427521-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2019
Priority date	Jun 19, 2018
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

A support portion includes: a first portion that is supported on a travel portion; a second portion that is coupled to a holding portion; and a damper portion that is provided between the first portion and the second portion. The damper portion includes: a guide portion that guides movement of the first portion relative to the second portion along a specific guiding direction; a link mechanism that is coupled to each of the first portion and the second portion, and that moves in conjunction with movement of the first portion relative to the second portion; and an elastic body. The elastic body is coupled to the link mechanism so as to dampen operation of the link mechanism.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An article transport body comprising:
a travel portion;
a holding portion that holds an article; and
a support portion that supports the holding portion relative to the travel portion;
wherein the support portion includes:
a first portion that is supported on the travel portion; a second portion that is coupled to the holding portion; and
a damper portion that is provided between the first portion and the second portion,
wherein the damper portion includes:
a guide portion that guides movement of the first portion relative to the second portion along a specific guiding direction;
a link mechanism that is coupled to each of the first portion and the second portion, and that moves in conjunction with movement of the first portion relative to the second portion; and an elastic body,
wherein the elastic body is coupled to the link mechanism so as to dampen operation of the link mechanism,
wherein the link mechanism includes a low displacement portion whose amount of displacement relative to the second portion in the guiding direction is smaller than an amount of displacement of the first portion relative to the second portion in the guiding direction when the first portion has moved along the guiding direction relative to the second portion, and
wherein the elastic body includes a portion that is coupled so as to move integrally with the low displacement portion, and a portion that is coupled so as to move integrally with one of the first portion and the second portion.

2. The article transport body according to claim 1 , wherein the guiding direction is a direction along a traveling direction of the travel portion.

3. The article transport body according to claim 1 , wherein the holding portion is supported by the support portion so as to be suspended from the travel portion.

4. An article transport body comprising:
a travel portion;
a holding portion that holds an article; and
a support portion that supports the holding portion relative to the travel portion;
wherein the support portion includes:
a first portion that is supported on the travel portion; a second portion that is coupled to the holding portion; and
a damper portion that is provided between the first portion and the second portion,
wherein the damper portion includes:
a guide portion that guides movement of the first portion relative to the second portion along a specific guiding direction;
a link mechanism that is coupled to each of the first portion and the second portion, and that moves in conjunction with movement of the first portion relative to the second portion; and an elastic body,
wherein the elastic body is coupled to the link mechanism so as to dampen operation of the link mechanism,
wherein the link mechanism includes a first member and a second member that rotate relatively about a rotation axis intersecting the guiding direction when the first portion has moved along the guiding direction relative to the second portion, and
wherein the elastic body includes a portion that is coupled integrally to the first member, and a portion that is coupled integrally to the second member.

5. An article transport body comprising:
a travel portion;
a holding portion that holds an article; and
a support portion that supports the holding portion relative to the travel portion;
wherein the support portion includes:
a first portion that is supported on the travel portion; a second portion that is coupled to the holding portion; and
a damper portion that is provided between the first portion and the second portion,
wherein the damper portion includes:
a guide portion that guides movement of the first portion relative to the second portion along a specific guiding direction;
a link mechanism that is coupled to each of the first portion and the second portion, and that moves in conjunction with movement of the first portion relative to the second portion; and an elastic body,
wherein the elastic body is coupled to the link mechanism so as to dampen operation of the link mechanism,
wherein the link mechanism includes a first link body and a second link body that are coupled at a coupling portion so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis intersecting the guiding direction,
wherein the first link body is rotatably coupled to the first portion at a position different from the coupling portion,
wherein the second link body is rotatably coupled to the second portion at a position different from the coupling portion, and
wherein the elastic body is coupled to the coupling portion.

Assignees

• Daifuku Kk

Inventors

• Kinugawa Tomotaka
• Sakata Hiroshi
• Otsuka Hiroshi

Classifications

• H10P72/3221 Primary

  Overhead conveying · CPC title

• H10P72/3202 Primary

  Mechanical details, e.g. rollers or belts · CPC title

• B65G19/02

  for articles, e.g. for containers · CPC title

• B65G2201/02

  Articles · CPC title

• B65G47/5104

  for articles · CPC title