RAIL-GUIDED CARRIER DEVICE

• Main Authors: OGIWARA NAOKI, KIKUCHIHARA KANAME, SATO EIJI, SHIMIZU NAOTO, TANUMA NOBORU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 02.05.2022
• Subjects: CONTROLLING; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RAILWAY SYSTEMS; RAILWAYS; REGULATING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TRANSPORTING

To provide a rail-guided carrier device that has a simple constitution and can change a traveling direction thereof by 90 degrees.SOLUTION: A rail-guided carrier device 10 makes a carrier body 12 travel automatically along a guide rail 11. The rail-guided carrier device 10 has approach detection means 30 which has first approach detection means 31, second approach detection means 32, third approach detection means 33, and fourth approach detection means 34 provided on the front, left, rear, and right sides of the carrier body 12 respectively in one travel direction Y, and detects an approach state of the guide rail 11. Control means 17 controls drive means 14 and direction change means 15 based upon a detection result of the approach detection means 30 to control a movement and a travel direction of the carrier body 12.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】簡単な構成で進行方向を直角に変更することができる有軌道搬送装置を提供する。【解決手段】有軌道搬送装置１０は、ガイドレール１１に沿って搬送体本体１２を自動走行させる。有軌道搬送装置１０は、搬送体本体１２の一進行方向Ｙにおける前方、左側、後方、及び、右側にそれぞれ配設された第１接近検出手段３１、第２接近検出手段３２、第３接近検出手段３３、及び、第４接近検出手段３４を有し、ガイドレール１１の接近状態を検出する接近検出手段３０を備えている。制御手段１７は、接近検出手段３０の検出結果に基づき、駆動手段１４及び向き変更手段１５を制御して、搬送体本体１２の移動及び進行方向を制御する。【選択図】図１