Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or... – Condition responsive control means including sensing...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-20
2010-06-15
Crawford, Gene (Department: 3651)
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...
Condition responsive control means including sensing...
C198S346100, C198S349000, C198S349500, C198S349600, C198S349700, C198S349800, C414S273000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07735624
ABSTRACT:
An article transporting facility includes:a single predetermined path disposed along a plurality of article transfer locationsand having a first end and a second end;a predetermined number of article transporting carriages traveling on the predetermined path;controlling means for controlling traveling of the predetermined number of article transporting carriages;wherein based on article transport request information for transporting an article from an original article transfer location to a destination article transfer location among the plurality of article transfer locations, the controlling means controls the traveling of the transporting carriages such that the controlling means selects an article transporting carriage from the plurality of article transporting carriages for causing the selected carriage to transfer the article from the original article transfer location to the destination article transfer location; andwhen a multiple request condition exists wherein a plurality of transport request information designating a same single article transfer location as the original article transfer location are issued, the controlling means executes a multiple carriage selecting mode wherein the controlling means selects a plurality of article transporting carriages from the predetermined number of article transporting carriages for article transport.
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Koide Hiroyuki
Kozawa Hiroyuki
Crawford Gene
Cumbess Yolanda
Daifuku Co. Ltd.
The Webb Law Firm
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