Carriage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12084101-B2
Application number	US-202117562318-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2021
Priority date	Jun 27, 2019
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

A carriage to automatically load or unload an article. More specifically, a carriage comprising multiple fingers disposed in a pair of side frames and having a structure in which the respective adjacent fingers press each other, whereby an article is loaded or unloaded without needing to manually operate the fingers. The carriage comprises a pair of side frames formed to be disposed at both sides of the carriage in a direction along which an article is loaded into the carriage; and multiple fingers each comprising a bottom support part disposed at the bottom of the frames so as to support the loaded article, are rotatably pivoted on the pair of side frames, and generate rotational movement through pressing between the respective adjacent fingers.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A carriage comprising:
a pair of side frames formed to be disposed at both sides of the carriage which includes a receiving part where an article is to be loaded;
a base to support the article; and
multiple fingers rotatably installed at the pair of side frames and arranged along a direction where the article is to be loaded,
wherein each of the multiple fingers comprises:
a support part to rotate in contact with the article while the article is loaded into the carriage or unloaded out of the carriage; and
a pressing part configured to press and rotate an adjacent finger as the support part rotates,

wherein each of the multiple fingers further comprises a rotating body constituting a rotation center,
wherein the pressing part comprises a pressing arm formed to extend from the rotating body and a stopper formed to protrude from the pressing arm and configured to limit rotation of each finger in a direction in which the article is loaded, due to interference with a side frame among the pair of side frames when the article arrives at a finally seated state.

2. The carriage of claim 1 , wherein each finger further comprises a shaft rotatably supporting the rotating body, and the rotating body has a shaft insertion hole into which the shaft is inserted.

3. The carriage of claim 1 , wherein the support part is formed to extend from one side of the rotating body toward the receiving part, and the pressing part is formed to extend from another side of the rotating body.

4. The carriage of claim 3 , wherein an extending direction of the support part forms an obtuse angle with an extending direction of the pressing part.

5. The carriage of claim 1 , wherein the multiple fingers comprise a first finger and a second finger disposed in front of the first finger in a loading direction of the article,
wherein a support part of the first finger is formed to be pressed by the article while the article is loaded to the carriage.

6. The carriage of claim 5 , wherein as the support part of the first finger rotates, a pressing part of the first finger presses a pressing part of the second finger, and a support part of the second finger rotates to a position to be pressed by a next article to be loaded to the carriage.

7. The carriage of claim 1 , wherein the support part of each finger is located at a first position with no interfere with the article loaded into the receiving part, at a second position to be inclined and pressed by the article, and at a third position to support the loaded article.

8. The carriage of claim 7 , wherein the multiple fingers comprise a first finger and a second finger disposed in front of the first finger in a loading direction of the article, wherein as the article is loaded, a support part of the second finger is located at the first position and a support part of the first finger is pressed by the article being loaded to move from the second position to the third position.

9. The carriage of claim 8 , wherein as the support part of the first finger rotates from the second position to the third position, the pressing part of the first finger presses the pressing part of the second finger to move the support part of the second finger from the first position to the second position.

10. The carriage of claim 7 , wherein the multiple fingers comprise a first finger and a second finger disposed behind the first finger in an unloading direction of the article,
wherein as the article is unloaded, a support part of the second finger is located at the third position and a support part of the first finger is pressed by the article being unloaded to move from the second position to the first position.

11. The carriage of claim 9 , wherein as the support part of the first finger rotates from the second position to the first position, the pressing part of the first finger presses the pressing part of the second finger to move the support part of the second finger from the third position to the second position.

12. The carriage of claim 1 , wherein the pair of side frames comprise a first side frame and a second side frame movable with respect to the first side frame,
the base comprises a support surface to support the article, and
the support surface is inclined downward in a loading direction of the article.

13. The carriage of claim 1 , further comprising a non-slip part disposed between the base and a contact surface of the article.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Jun Su
• Lee Sang Min
• Kang Jong Hyun

Classifications

• B62B2203/21

  the objects being supported between the tines · CPC title

• B62B2203/07

  Comprising a moving platform or the like, e.g. for unloading · CPC title

• B62B2202/56

  Computers; Screens · CPC title

• B62B3/108 Primary

  the objects being plates, doors, panels, or the like · CPC title

• B62B3/002

  characterised by a rectangular shape, involving sidewalls or racks · CPC title