Stacker crane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9809433-B2
Application number	US-201414891145-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2014
Priority date	May 16, 2013
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A stacker crane includes a first covering body covering a sliding section of a mast and an ascending and descending unit, and providing a first space extending vertically along the mast, a second covering body providing a second space extending vertically along the mast and partitioned from the first space by a first barrier, a plurality of exhaust holes that are vertically dispersed in the first barrier and cause the first space and the second space to be in communication, and an exhaust device that is attached to the mast and expels air in the second space at a portion in a vertical direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stacker crane comprising:
a travel unit that moves along a shelf that stores a load;
a transfer unit that transfers the load to the shelf;
a mast extending vertically and attached to the travel unit;
an ascending and descending unit that slides along the mast and moves the transfer unit vertically;
a first covering body covering a sliding section of the mast and the ascending and descending unit, and providing a first space extending vertically along the mast;
a second covering body providing a second space extending vertically along the mast, the second space being partitioned from the first space by a first barrier;
a plurality of exhaust holes that are vertically dispersed in the first barrier and cause the first space and the second space to be in communication;
an exhaust device that is attached to the mast and expels air in the second space; and
a second barrier that extends vertically and provides a third space and a fourth space by horizontally partitioning the first space; wherein
the exhaust device includes an intake port located closer to the third space than the fourth space;
the plurality of exhaust holes include a plurality of first exhaust holes that cause the third space and the second space to be in communication, and a plurality of second exhaust holes that cause the fourth space and the second space to be in communication; and
an airflow resistance of the plurality of first exhaust holes is higher than an airflow resistance of the plurality of second exhaust holes.

2. The stacker crane according to claim 1 , wherein an area of each opening of the plurality of first exhaust holes is smaller than an area of each opening of the plurality of second exhaust holes.

3. The stacker crane according to claim 1 , wherein a total number of the plurality of first exhaust holes is less than a total number of the plurality of second exhaust holes.

4. The stacker crane according to claim 1 , wherein a total area of openings of the plurality of first exhaust holes is smaller than a total area of openings of the plurality of second exhaust holes.

5. The stacker crane according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust device is located between the mast and the shelf.

6. The stacker crane according to claim 5 , wherein a guiding space is located between the mast and the exhaust device, the guiding space being in communication with the second space and an intake port of the exhaust device.

Assignees

• Murata Machinery Ltd

Inventors

• Tanaka Hiroshi
• Komada Yumiko

Classifications

• B66F9/072 Primary

  Travelling gear therefor · CPC title

• B66F9/07

  Floor-to-roof stacking devices, e.g. "stacker cranes", "retrievers" · CPC title

• B65G1/0407

  using stacker cranes (constructional features of stacker cranes B66F9/06) · CPC title

• B65G1/04 Primary

  mechanical · CPC title