US 12,319,512 B2
Transfer system
Syuji Tanaka, Osaka (JP); and Tomokazu Mizuguchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed by DAIFUKU CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/306,486.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-095912 (JP), filed on Jun. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0416008 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 41/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/64 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 41/003 (2013.01) [B65G 47/642 (2013.01); B65G 47/643 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0283 (2013.01); B65G 2207/20 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transfer system for transferring an object to be transferred between separate buildings that include a first building and a second building separate from the first building, said transfer system comprising:
a first conveyor provided in the first building;
a second conveyor provided in the second building, the second conveyor being arranged in series with the first conveyor and being identical to the first conveyor in transfer direction, the second conveyor being capable of, during transfer, approaching the first conveyor in a mutually approaching manner and transferring an object to be transferred to and from the first conveyor;
a vertical position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust relative vertical positions of the first conveyor and the second conveyor;
a horizontal position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust, in a horizontal plane, relative positions of the first conveyor and the second conveyor in a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction;
an operating section configured to operate the vertical position adjustment mechanism and the horizontal position adjustment mechanism;
a first sensing section configured to sense whether there is a misalignment between the first conveyor and the second conveyor to obtain a sensing result; and
an adjusting section configured to adjust positions of the first conveyor and the second conveyor to positions at which transfer of the object to be transferred between the first and second conveyors is allowed, based on the sensing result obtained by the first sensing section, while causing the operating section to operate the vertical position adjustment mechanism and the horizontal position adjustment mechanism.