US 12,420,369 B2
Pallet supply apparatus
Koji Nakagawa, Nara (JP); and Daisuke Miyamoto, Nara (JP)
Assigned to DMG MORI CO., LTD., Nara (JP)
Appl. No. 17/926,299
Filed by DMG MORI CO., LTD., Nara (JP)
PCT Filed May 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/019874
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/234834, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211950 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B23Q 7/14 (2006.01); B23Q 1/48 (2006.01); B23Q 11/00 (2006.01); B23Q 11/08 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 7/1431 (2013.01) [B23Q 1/4866 (2013.01); B23Q 11/08 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0053 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0267 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pallet supply apparatus comprising:
a pallet storage device having: a plurality of holding units holding pallets; and a frame supporting the plurality of holding units in a row;
a conveyance device having: a traveling base arranged parallel to the pallet storage device and having a traveling path extending along the pallet storage device; and a conveyance unit traveling on the traveling path to load and unload the pallets into and from the holding units and to convey the pallets to and from a predetermined place; and
a controller controlling operation of the conveyance device,
wherein:
the frame has under the holding units a space capable of receiving the controller therein and has a cover of a plate shape arranged such that the cover is located above the controller with the controller received in the space and is inclined downward toward the traveling base side;
the cover is supported by the frame such that a lower end side of the cover can be flipped up; and
the cover is configured such that the controller can pass under the cover when the lower end side of the cover is in a flipped-up state.