US 12,110,187 B2
Conveyance device
Masayuki Mukai, Iwata (JP)
Assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
Appl. No. 17/784,306
Filed by YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/049310
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/124430, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135278 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 43/00 (2013.01) [B65G 54/02 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0266 (2013.01); B65G 2207/30 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveyance device comprising:
a slider;
a conveyor including a plurality of conveyance modules configured to convey the slider;
a connector separate from the conveyance modules and configured to connect the conveyance modules adjacent to each other such that a signal is transmittable; and
a first indicator configured to correspond to each of the plurality of conveyance modules and configured to indicate states of the conveyance modules including at least one of states of a power supply of the conveyance modules, states of the conveyance modules being states in which the conveyance modules are normal, states in which an error has occurred in the conveyance modules, states in preparation, and states in which the preparation is completed,
wherein the first indicator is provided on a portion of one of side surfaces of each of the conveyance modules extending along a conveyance direction of the slider; and
the connector is provided on the portions of another of the side surfaces of each of the conveyance modules extending along the conveyance direction of the slider.