Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Article transport apparatus and a method of operating the apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 物品输送装置和操作该装置的方法
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Application No.: US11451145Application Date: 2006-06-12
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Publication No.: US07693600B2Publication Date: 2010-04-06
- Inventor: Kazushi Tsujimoto
- Applicant: Kazushi Tsujimoto
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: The Webb Law Firm
- Priority: JP2005-175319 20050615; JP2005-179339 20050620
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00

Abstract:
An article transporting apparatus, according to one preferred embodiment, includes: a plurality of movable bodies for transporting articles, the movable bodies being movable between a plurality of article transfer locations; and an operation controlling section for controlling the plurality of movable bodies so that the movable bodies effect article transporting operations in accordance with an article transport request information; wherein the operation controlling section selects a movable body from the group of movable bodies for an article transporting operation, based on an operation condition configured to cause each of the movable bodies to have a different past operation history such that a timing for replacing a replaceable part for one movable body is different from replacement timings for other movable bodies.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060291992A1 Article transport apparatus and a method of operating the apparatus Public/Granted day:2006-12-28
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