US 12,390,896 B2
Management system using a bridge crane for loading an object onto a machine tool and unloading an object from the machine tool
Yi-Lin He, Taichung (TW); Hsun-Fu Chiang, Taichung (TW); Chia-Hui Tang, Taichung (TW); and Paul Chang, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to Buffalo Machinery Company Limited, Taichung (TW)
Filed by BUFFALO MACHINERY COMPANY LIMITED, Taichung (TW)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,176.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173628 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B23Q 7/00 (2006.01); B23Q 41/02 (2006.01); B66C 1/10 (2006.01); B66C 7/02 (2006.01); B66C 13/46 (2006.01); B66C 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 7/005 (2013.01) [B23Q 41/02 (2013.01); B66C 7/02 (2013.01); B66C 13/46 (2013.01); B66C 17/06 (2013.01); B66C 1/10 (2013.01); B66C 2700/082 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A management system for loading and unloading an object, comprising:
a plurality of machine tools, each including a base plate;
a storage unit including a plurality of storage plates;
an object holder detachably connected to one of said plurality of base plates and said plurality of storage plates, said object holder being configured to enable an object to be placed thereon;
a conveying unit including
a fetching unit that is configured to secure or release said object holder, and
a bridge crane that is configured to move said fetching unit among a plurality of predetermined locations, each of the predetermined locations being associated with one of said base plates and said storage plates; and
a control unit coupled to said plurality of machine tools, said storage unit and said conveying unit, and configured to
control said bridge crane to move said fetching unit to one of the predetermined locations at which said object holder is located, and control said fetching unit to secure said object holder, and
control said bridge crane to move said fetching unit along with said object holder to another one of the predetermined locations at which said object holder is to be moved, and control said fetching unit to release said object holder onto one of said base plates and said storage plates.