Patent ID: 11891248
Assignee: KUNSHAN SANXIN PLASTIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B  G

Claim 15:
16. An article support device assisting an automated guided vehicle to autonomously load and unload an article, comprising:
a pair of support platforms arranged symmetrically and opposite to each other, each of the support platforms including:
a support frame;
a support plate disposed on a top of the support frame and having a horizontal support top surface, the support plates opposed to and spaced apart from each other in a left-and-right direction; and
at least one positioning block installed on the horizontal support top surface, including:
a pair of opposite sides in the left-and-right direction and a pair of opposite ends in a front-and-back direction;
a vertical positioning side surface on each of the pair of opposite sides, the vertical positioning side surface adapted to contact a side surface of the article so as to position the article between the positioning blocks on the support plates; and
a first guide slant face perpendicular to the horizontal support top surface formed at either side of each end of the positioning block, each end of the positioning block has a width decreasing from a base to a tip in the front-and-back direction; and

an accommodation space defined between the support plates and the support frames of the pair of support platforms, the automated guided vehicle moves into the accommodation space, the article carried on the article support device is loadable onto the automatic guided vehicle or the article carried on the automatic guided vehicle is unloadable onto the article support device.