Patent classifications
B61B13/00
Systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems
- Thomas Wagner ,
- Kevin Ahearn ,
- John Richard Amend, Jr. ,
- Benjamin Cohen ,
- Michael Dawson-Haggerty ,
- William Hartman Fort ,
- Christopher Geyer ,
- Jennifer Eileen King ,
- Thomas Koletschka ,
- Michael Cap Koval ,
- Kyle Maroney ,
- Matthew T. Mason ,
- William Chu-Hyon McMahan ,
- Gene Temple Price ,
- Joseph Romano ,
- Daniel Smith ,
- Siddhartha Srinivasa ,
- Prasanna Velagapudi ,
- Thomas Allen
An object processing system is disclosed that includes a plurality of track sections, and a plurality of remotely actuatable carriers for controlled movement along at least portions of the plurality of track sections, wherein each of the remotely controllable carriers is adapted to support and transport an object processing bin.
Guide wheel shock absorbing device, carriage, and vehicle
A guide wheel shock absorbing device includes an attachment arm, a shock absorbing link provided on the attachment arm and extending in one direction, a shock absorbing link support portion provided on the shock absorbing link and supporting the shock absorbing link in a state of being oscillatable with respect to the attachment arm, a guide wheel coming into contact with a guide rail laid on a traveling track of a vehicle, a guide wheel support portion provided on the shock absorbing link and supporting the guide wheel in a rotatable state, and a shock absorbing elastic portion elastically supporting the shock absorbing link with respect to the attachment arm. The shock absorbing elastic portion has first and second elastic bodies different in displacement with respect to a guide wheel load.
Guide wheel shock absorbing device, carriage, and vehicle
A guide wheel shock absorbing device includes an attachment arm, a shock absorbing link provided on the attachment arm and extending in one direction, a shock absorbing link support portion provided on the shock absorbing link and supporting the shock absorbing link in a state of being oscillatable with respect to the attachment arm, a guide wheel coming into contact with a guide rail laid on a traveling track of a vehicle, a guide wheel support portion provided on the shock absorbing link and supporting the guide wheel in a rotatable state, and a shock absorbing elastic portion elastically supporting the shock absorbing link with respect to the attachment arm. The shock absorbing elastic portion has first and second elastic bodies different in displacement with respect to a guide wheel load.
UNLOADING ARRANGEMENT AND UNLOADING STATION, AS WELL AS METHOD OF UNLOADING AN ITEM FROM A STORAGE CONTAINER
An automatic storage and retrieval system includes: a delivery vehicle; a storage container carried by the delivery vehicle; and an unloading station for unloading an item from the storage container while it is being carried by the delivery vehicle. The unloading station includes: an unloading device; and a destination conveyor configured to convey the item to a target destination, wherein the unloading device is configured to move the item through a side opening of the storage container to the destination conveyor.
UNLOADING ARRANGEMENT AND UNLOADING STATION, AS WELL AS METHOD OF UNLOADING AN ITEM FROM A STORAGE CONTAINER
An automatic storage and retrieval system includes: a delivery vehicle; a storage container carried by the delivery vehicle; and an unloading station for unloading an item from the storage container while it is being carried by the delivery vehicle. The unloading station includes: an unloading device; and a destination conveyor configured to convey the item to a target destination, wherein the unloading device is configured to move the item through a side opening of the storage container to the destination conveyor.
MODULAR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
A transport device for storing and retrieving loads into and out of storage racks. The transport device including a load handling module and a power module. The load handling module includes a load carrying portion, a load handling device with a pair of extendable arms to extend and retract relative to the load carrying portion towards and away from the storage racks. A pair of support wheels to support a weight of the loads While the extendable arms extract the loads from the storage rack into the load carrying portion. A pair of side guides to position the retrieved load on the load carrying portion. The load handling device is attached to a mounting platform with an attachment bracket having an elongated groove. Further, the power module includes a collector shoe assembly pivotable between a conducting position and a non-conducting position using a movable arm and a locking mechanism.
MODULAR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
A transport device for storing and retrieving loads into and out of storage racks. The transport device including a load handling module and a power module. The load handling module includes a load carrying portion, a load handling device with a pair of extendable arms to extend and retract relative to the load carrying portion towards and away from the storage racks. A pair of support wheels to support a weight of the loads While the extendable arms extract the loads from the storage rack into the load carrying portion. A pair of side guides to position the retrieved load on the load carrying portion. The load handling device is attached to a mounting platform with an attachment bracket having an elongated groove. Further, the power module includes a collector shoe assembly pivotable between a conducting position and a non-conducting position using a movable arm and a locking mechanism.
Storage grid with container accessing station with locking device to lock remotely operated vehicle
An automated storage and retrieval system includes a grid-based rail structure and a plurality of remotely operated vehicles arranged to operate on the grid-based rail structure. The automated storage and retrieval system includes a locking device arranged in a zone of the grid-based rail structure where a human and/or a robotic operator is permitted to interact with the remotely operated vehicle or contents of a storage container that the remotely operated vehicle is carrying. The locking device is arranged to lock the remotely operated vehicle against accidental displacement prior to interaction with the human and/or robotic operator, and wherein the locking device being arranged to unlock the remotely operated vehicle once interaction with the human and/or robotic operator is no longer required.
Energy conversion device
The energy conversion device 1 consists of a liquid tank 11 in which liquid 10 is stored, a plurality of gas receiving sections 12 that are installed vertically in the liquid tank 11 and can rotate or move vertically. The energy conversion device 1 consists of a liquid tank 11 in which liquid 10 is stored, multiple gas receiving sections 12 installed vertically in the liquid tank 11 that can be rotated or moved vertically, nozzles 13 that blow compressed gas from below the gas receiving section 12 located at the bottom in the liquid tank 11, and nozzles 14 that store compressed gas as a primary energy source and blow compressed gas from below the gas receiving section 12. In the liquid tank 11, there is a nozzle 13 that ejects compressed gas from below the gas receiving section 12 located at the bottom, a gas cylinder 14 that stores compressed gas as a primary energy source and delivers compressed gas to the nozzle 13, and a gas receiving section 12 that receives compressed gas from the nozzle 13. The gas receiving section 12 receives compressed gas ejected from the nozzle 13, and the buoyancy force generated in the gas receiving section 1 2 by the buoyancy force generated when the gas receiving section 12 receives compressed gas from the nozzle 13, and the output means 3 that outputs the kinetic energy of rotation or upward movement to the outside of the liquid tank 11 as secondary energy. 1 1, and a recovery device 4 that returns the gas from the liquid tank 1 1 to the gas cylinder 14.
Travel Robot For Moving Substrate Transfer Robot In Vacuum Chamber
A travel robot for moving a substrate transfer robot in a vacuum chamber, includes: a travel arm platform through which coupling holes are formed, wherein an elevating drive shaft is inserted into a lower space of one of the coupling holes; a first travel arm part including a (1_1)-st and a (1_2)-nd travel link arms; a second travel arm part including a (2_1)-st and a (2_2)-nd travel link arms, wherein travel driving motors and speed reducers are installed in the (1_1)-st and the (2_1)-st travel link arms; and a transfer robot coupling part engaged with the (1_2)-nd and the (2_2)-nd travel link arms, wherein a rotation driving motor built thereon is engaged with the substrate transfer robot by a rotation drive shaft.