US 12,434,915 B2
Conveyance system
Keita Yamada, Komaki (JP); Yosuke Fujiwara, Komaki (JP); Yuta Mani, Komaki (JP); Hiroyoshi Toba, Komaki (JP); Masashi Kakuma, Gamo-gun (JP); Naoya Toyoshima, Gamo-gun (JP); and Kazuya Namazue, Gamo-gun (JP)
Assigned to DAIFUKU CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by DAIFUKU CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/329,682.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-113479 (JP), filed on Jul. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017932 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 35/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 43/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 35/06 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0457 (2013.01); B65G 43/10 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveyance system comprising:
a first track;
a first carrier including a transfer section configured to transfer a conveyance target between the first carrier and a desired place, the first carrier being configured to travel on the first track in a state where the first carrier holds the conveyance target;
a second track; and
a second carrier including a placement portion on which the conveyance target is to be placed, the second carrier being configured to travel on the second track in a state where the conveyance target is placed on the placement portion,
the first carrier being capable of directly transferring the conveyance target between the first carrier and the placement portion of the second carrier with use of the transfer section,
a layout configuration of the first track and a layout configuration of the second track at least partially coinciding,
in a part where the layout configuration of the first track and the layout configuration of the second track at least partially coincide, the first carrier and the second carrier travelling in opposite directions to each other.