Patent ID: 11964825
Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A transport device comprising:
a carriage that travels along a traveling path that is predetermined;
a transfer mechanism provided on the carriage and transfers an article in a transfer space set in the traveling path;
a first movable element that is a rod shaped component attached to the carriage, extends in a traveling direction of the carriage, and operates by magnetism to drive the transfer mechanism; and
a first stator fixedly disposed with respect to the traveling path, has a partially cutout ring shape, and causes the first movable element to operate by magnetism when part of the carriage is positioned outside the transfer space, wherein
at a timing when the first movable element provided on the carriage is inserted into the first stator that is positioned nearer the carriage, magnetic force is generated by the first stator to rotate the first movable element and accelerate the transfer mechanism, and at a timing when the carriage stops within the transfer space, magnetic force is generated by the first stator to rotate the first movable element to match a speed of the transfer mechanism with a speed of a loading device, and the speed of the loading device is a speed of loading the article into the transfer space in a direction intersecting the traveling path.