Patent ID: 9457479
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B25J,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A transport device for transporting articles in a stacked state, the transport device comprising: a holding device comprising a holding unit and a detecting unit, the holding unit being configured to hold the stacked articles during a transport thereof, the holding unit comprising a chuck side member configured to hold the stacked articles from a bottom of a lowermost one of the stacked articles so as to wrap around the stacked articles, the detecting unit being configured to detect a distance between the chuck side member and the stacked articles, the chuck side member comprising an arm portion that is moveable across the distance to place the arm portion in contact with sides of the stacked articles, wherein the stacked articles are stacked transport containers for storing works, and wherein the arm portion comes into contact with ends of storage ports of the stacked transport containers, the storage ports being configured to hold the works therein.