Transport apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12330879-B2
Application number	US-202318220675-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2023
Priority date	Jul 18, 2022
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

A transport apparatus includes a transport vehicle configured to move along a traveling rail and including a transport vehicle body, and a hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle, wherein the hoist apparatus includes a first hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle body, and capable of clutching a first carrier and hoisting and lowering the first carrier in upward and downward directions, and a second hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle body and apart from the first hoist apparatus, and capable of clutching a second carrier and hoisting and lowering the second carrier in upward and downward directions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transport apparatus comprising:
a transport vehicle configured to move along a traveling rail, and including a transport vehicle body; and
a hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle, wherein the hoist apparatus includes: a first hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle body, and capable of clutching a first carrier and hoisting and lowering the first carrier in upward and downward directions; and a second hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle body and apart from the first hoist apparatus, and capable of clutching a second carrier and hoisting and lowering the second carrier in upward and downward directions,
wherein the first hoist apparatus is coupled to an upper portion of the transport vehicle body, and the second hoist apparatus is located apart from the first hoist apparatus in a downward direction and coupled to a lower portion of the transport vehicle body.

2. The transport apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first hoist apparatus is configured to move the first carrier in forward and backward directions.

3. The transport apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transport vehicle body further includes installed thereon a first anti-drop capable of supporting a bottom portion of the first carrier.

4. The transport apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transport vehicle body further includes installed thereon a sliding cover capable of being moved in upward and downward directions, and the sliding cover includes installed thereon a second anti-drop capable of supporting a bottom portion of the second carrier.

5. The transport apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first hoist apparatus includes a first hand portion coupled to an upper portion of the transport vehicle body and capable of being moved in upward and downward directions, a first clutch portion coupled to the first hand portion to clutch the first carrier, and a first hoisting and lowering driving line capable of hoisting and lowering the first hand portion and the first clutch portion in upward and downward directions, and the second hoist apparatus includes a second hand portion coupled to a lower portion of the transport vehicle body and capable of being moved in upward and downward directions, a second clutch portion coupled to the second hand portion to clutch the second carrier, and a second hoisting and lowering driving line capable of hoisting and lowering the second hand portion and the second clutch portion in upward and downward directions.

6. A transport apparatus comprising:
a transport vehicle configured to move along a traveling rail; and
a hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle, wherein the transport vehicle includes a transport vehicle body connected to the traveling rail, the transport vehicle body has an internal space and an opening on a lower side thereof, and includes a sliding cover connected to the transport vehicle body and capable of being moved in upward and downward directions, and the hoist apparatus includes a first hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle body, and capable of clutching a first carrier and hoisting and lowering the first carrier in upward and downward directions, and a second hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle body and apart from the first hoist apparatus, and capable of clutching a second carrier and hoisting and lowering the second carrier in upward and downward directions
wherein the first hoist apparatus is coupled to an upper portion of the transport vehicle body, and the second hoist apparatus is located apart from the first hoist apparatus in a downward direction and coupled to a lower portion of the transport vehicle body.

7. The transport apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first hoist apparatus is configured to move the first carrier in forward and backward directions and upward and downward directions, the first hoist apparatus and the first carrier are configured to move in forward and backward directions through the internal space, and the first hoist apparatus and the first carrier are configured to move in upward and downward directions through the opening.

8. The transport apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first hoist apparatus includes a first hand portion coupled to an upper portion of the transport vehicle body and capable of being moved in forward and backward directions and upward and downward directions, a first clutch portion coupled to the first hand portion to clutch the first carrier, and a first hoisting and lowering driving line capable of hoisting and lowering the first hand portion and the first clutch portion in upward and downward directions, and the second hoist apparatus includes a second hand portion coupled to a lower portion of the transport vehicle body and capable of being moved in forward and backward directions and upward and downward directions, a second clutch portion coupled to the second hand portion to clutch the second carrier, and a second hoisting and lowering driving line capable of hoisting and lowering the second hand portion and the second clutch portion in upward and downward directions.

9. The transport apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the transport vehicle body further includes installed thereon a first anti-drop capable of supporting a bottom portion of the first carrier, and the sliding cover further includes installed thereon a second anti-drop capable of supporting a bottom portion of the second carrier.

10. A transport apparatus comprising:
a transport vehicle configured to move along a traveling rail; and
a hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle, wherein the transport vehicle includes a transport vehicle body connected to the traveling rail, the transport vehicle body has an internal space and an opening on a lower side thereof, and includes a sliding cover connected to the transport vehicle body and capable of being moved in upward and downward directions, and the hoist apparatus includes a first hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle body, and capable of clutching a first carrier and hoisting and lowering the first carrier in upward and downward directions, and a second hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle body and apart from the first hoist apparatus, and capable of clutching a second carrier and hoisting and lowering the second carrier in upward and downward directions, wherein the first hoist apparatus is coupled to an upper portion of the transport vehicle body, and the second hoist apparatus is coupled to the upper portion of the transport vehicle body and apart from the first hoist apparatus in a left direction or a right direction,
a third hoist apparatus located apart from the first hoist apparatus in a downward direction, and capable of clutching a third carrier and hoisting and lowering the third carrier in upward and downward directions; and
a fourth hoist apparatus located apart from the second hoist apparatus in a downward direction, and capable of clutching a fourth carrier and hoisting and lowering the fourth carrier in upward and downward directions.

11. The transport apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first hoist apparatus is configured to move the first carrier in forward and backward directions, and the second hoist apparatus is configured to move the second carrier in forward and backward directions.

Assignees

• Semes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kang Okkyung

Classifications

• H10P72/3222

  Loading to or unloading from a conveyor · CPC title

• H10P72/3221 Primary

  Overhead conveying · CPC title

• H10P72/3218

  Conveying cassettes, containers or carriers · CPC title

• B66C15/00

  Safety gear (for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D1/54) · CPC title

• B66C13/14

  to load-engaging elements or motors associated therewith · CPC title