Object carrier and lift

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12150548-B2
Application number	US-202218089508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2022
Priority date	Mar 31, 2022
Publication date	Nov 26, 2024
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024

Abstract

The object carrier for carrying objects is provided, wherein the engaging portions of the shelf member are engaged with the engaged portions of the frame member from top to bottom in the vertical direction to constitute the engagement state between the shelf member and the frame member, the connection line between the engaged portions constitutes an engagement direction, and the shelf member moves in an engagement releasing direction perpendicular to the engagement direction on a horizontal plane to release the engagement state with the frame member. The lift for removing objects from the object carrier is provided, wherein the bearing portion moves in the vertical direction through the lifting portion and bears the shelf member on which the object is placed under the object carrier, and the bearing portion moves in the horizontal direction through the sliding portion, so as to remove the shelf member and the object altogether.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An object carrier, configured to carry an object, and comprising:
a frame member; and
a shelf member, which is disposed on the frame member to carry the object,
wherein the shelf member is provided with at least a pair of engaging portions protruding toward the frame member,
the frame member is provided with at least a pair of engaged portions protruding toward the shelf member and corresponding to the engaging portions,
the engaging portions are engaged with the engaged portions from top to bottom in a vertical direction to constitute an engagement state between the shelf member and the frame member, a connection line between the at least one pair of engaged portions constitutes an engagement direction,
the shelf member moves in an engagement releasing direction perpendicular to the engagement direction on a horizontal plane to release the engagement state with the frame member, so as to remove the shelf member and the object altogether,
the shelf member comprises a pair of shelf bodies extending along the engagement direction and a plate body disposed above the pair of shelf bodies, and
a length of each of the shelf bodies in the engagement direction is greater than a length of the plate body in the engagement direction, so as to form the engaging portion protruding toward the frame member on two opposite ends of each of the shelf bodies.

2. The object carrier according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the engaging portion is formed as an inverted U-shape, so that the engaging portion is engaged with the engaged portion from top to bottom in the vertical direction.

3. The object carrier according to claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the engaged portion in the vertical direction is provided with a protrusion,
an upper surface of the engaging portion in the vertical direction is provided with an opening,
the protrusion of the engaged portion passes through the opening of the engaging portion, so that the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion from top to bottom in the vertical direction.

4. The object carrier according to claim 2 , wherein the shelf member moves from the bottom to the top in the vertical direction and in the engagement releasing direction to release the engagement state with the frame member.

5. The object carrier according to claim 1 , wherein a spacer is provided between the engaging portion and the frame member to limit a movement of the shelf member relative to the frame member in the engagement direction, and
the spacer is removable from between the engaging portion and the frame member by moving in the engagement releasing direction.

6. The object carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the object carrier is a suspended frame set on a ceiling,
the frame member comprises a plurality of vertical frame bars disposed on the ceiling and extending along the vertical direction, and a plurality of horizontal frame bars forming a configuration region on the horizontal plane,
the shelf member is disposed in the configuration region of the frame member.

Assignees

• Daifuku Kk
• Taiwan Daifuku Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ichino Kiyohide

Classifications

• B62B3/1476

  the main load support being a platform · CPC title

• A47B2051/005

  Ceiling mounted containers · CPC title

• B62B3/0625

  using rigid mechanical lifting mechanisms, e.g. levers, cams or gears · CPC title

• B62B2206/06

  adjustable in height · CPC title

• B62B3/02

  involving parts being adjustable, collapsible, attachable, detachable or convertible · CPC title