Patent ID: 6862487
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: B65G,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A production system for producing a plurality of mixed types of work pieces with a block division type of production system including production lines arranged in parallel, each effecting a predetermined process, comprising: a first floor supporting said production lines and passages for human beings; a second floor for receiving intermediate work pieces corresponding to a plurality of types of said work pieces from said first floor and supplying said intermediate work pieces to said first floor, wherein the height of said second floor is different from that of said first floor to enable said human beings and intermediate work pieces at said first floor to move; and moving means for upwardly and downwardly moving said work pieces between said first and second floors, one of said production lines outputting said work pieces from said intermediate work pieces; transferring means arranged on said second floor for transferring said intermediate work pieces from said moving means to enable said intermediate work pieces at each of said production lines to be transferred to the following production line; a transferring depot for storing a plurality of mixed types of intermediate work pieces from said production lines.