Retrieving device and storing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10643877-B2
Application number	US-201615752872-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2016
Priority date	Aug 27, 2015
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

A retrieving device 1 includes: a supporting unit 13 configured to support a front portion of the load 120 from a front side of the load 120; a coupling unit 9, 11 configured to be coupled, via a coupling member 142, to a moving device 140 being capable of moving the supporting unit 13 in an up-and-down direction; and a gripping unit 15, 17 provided on a side opposite to the supporting unit 13 with the coupling unit 9, 11 interposed therebetween.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A retrieving device, provided in a storing device including a plurality of shelves on which or from which a load is loaded or unloaded through an opening on each of the plurality of shelves that is open forward, and on which the load is supported, the plurality of shelves being provided at multiple levels in an up-and-down direction, and is configured to retrieve the load from one of the plurality of shelves through the opening, the retrieving device comprising:
a supporting unit configured to support a front portion of the load from a front side of the load;
a coupling unit configured to be coupled, via a coupling member, to a moving device that is capable of moving the supporting unit in the up-and-down direction; and
a gripping unit provided on a side opposite to the supporting unit, with the coupling unit interposed therebetween,
wherein the gripping unit is provided on one face of the coupling unit, and the supporting unit is provided on another face of the coupling unit opposite to the gripping unit,
wherein the moving device is provided at a position on a ceiling of the storing device and in front of and distanced from the plurality of shelves, and
the retrieving device is suspended from the coupling unit of the moving device and moves in the up-and-down direction by the moving device.

2. The retrieving device according to claim 1 , wherein
the supporting unit includes a first supporting unit configured to support a bottom surface of the load, and a second supporting unit configured to restrict movement of the load supported by the first supporting unit.

3. The retrieving device according to claim 2 , wherein
the second supporting unit is provided above the first supporting unit to restrict movement of the load in the up-and-down direction.

4. The retrieving device according to claim 1 , wherein
the retrieving device includes an attachment unit provided on a side of the gripping unit, and configured to detachably support a weight member.

5. The retrieving device according to claim 1 , wherein
the gripping unit includes a first gripping unit disposed above the supporting unit and a second gripping unit disposed below the supporting unit.

6. A storing device comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of shelves that are provided in the housing and on each of which or from each of which a load is loaded or unloaded through an opening that is open forward, and on which the load is supported, the plurality of shelves being provided at multiple levels in an up-and-down direction;
a port where loading and unloading are performed;
a transfer device configured to transfer the load between the port and the shelves; and
a retrieving device configured to retrieve the load forward from the shelves through the opening, wherein
the retrieving device includes:
a supporting unit configured to support a front portion of the load from a front side of the load;
a coupling unit configured to be coupled, via a coupling member, to a moving device being capable of moving the supporting unit in the up-and-down direction; and
a gripping unit provided on a side opposite to the supporting unit with the coupling unit interposed therebetween,
wherein the gripping unit is provided on one face of the coupling unit, and the supporting unit is provided on another face of the coupling unit opposite to the gripping unit,
wherein the moving device is provided at a position on a ceiling of the storing device and in front of and distanced from the plurality of shelves, and
the retrieving device is suspended from the coupling unit of the moving device and moves in the up-and-down direction by the moving device.

Assignees

• Murata Machinery Ltd

Inventors

• OGO Haruki

Classifications

• H10P72/7602

  the wafers being placed on a robot blade or gripped by a gripper for conveyance · CPC title

• H10P72/3404

  Storage means · CPC title

• H10P72/3402

  Mechanical parts of transfer devices · CPC title

• H10P72/3222

  Loading to or unloading from a conveyor · CPC title

• H10P72/3221

  Overhead conveying · CPC title