Conveying device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10703574-B2
Application number	US-201616336627-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2016
Priority date	Sep 26, 2016
Publication date	Jul 7, 2020
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020

Abstract

A conveying device includes first guide rails 2 A, 2 B; second guide rails 12 A, 12 B for being connected to the first guide rails 2 A, 2 B; a movable holding part that holds the second guide rails 12 A, 12 B such that the second guide rails 12 A, 12 B are movable in transverse directions with respect to longitudinal directions of the second guide rails 12 A, 12 B; and moving parts 3 A, 3 B that move by being guided by the corresponding first guide rails 2 A, 2 B and the corresponding second guide rails 12 A, 12 B.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A conveying device, comprising:
a first guide rail;
a second guide rail connected to the first guide rail;
a movable holding part that holds the second guide rail such that the second guide rail is movable in a transverse direction with respect to a longitudinal direction of the second guide rail; and
a moving part that moves by being guided by the first guide rail and the second guide rail.

2. The conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the movable holding part includes a deformable member disposed parallel to the longitudinal direction of the second guide rail and deformable in the transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the second guide rail, and
wherein the second guide rail is disposed on the deformable member.

3. The conveying device according to claim 2 , wherein the deformable member is plate-shaped.

4. The conveying device according to claim 2 , wherein the deformable member is made of a flexible material.

5. The conveying device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a coupler provided at an end portion of the second guide rail and configured to couple with the first guide rail.

6. The conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the first guide rail is disposed inside a furnace, and the second guide rail is disposed outside the furnace.

7. The conveying device according to claim 6 , wherein the first guide rail is disposed along a table that is disposed inside the furnace.

8. The conveying device according to claim 6 , wherein the second guide rail is disposed on a bridge that is disposed outside the furnace, and the bridge is movable.

9. The conveying device according to claim 1 , further comprising a contact member connected to the moving part to move an article by coming into contact with the article.

Assignees

• Azbil Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Mitsuharu
• Beppu Hisashi
• Okawa Yoichi

Classifications

• F26B25/003

  for articles · CPC title

• F26B5/06

  the process involving freezing · CPC title

• B65G47/82 Primary

  Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels {(means for pushing glass articles onto a conveyor C03B9/453)} · CPC title

• B65G25/12

  with impeller fixed to a reciprocating bar and the bar being rotated about its longitudinal axis on its return stroke · CPC title

• B65G25/10

  with impeller pivotally mounted on a reciprocating bar · CPC title