IP Library Granted Patent US 10,703,574
Granted Patent B2
US 10,703,574 · App. 16/336,627 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Conveying device

Inventors: Mitsuharu Tanaka (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Hisashi Beppu (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Yoichi Okawa (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: Azbil Corporation
B65G25/06B65G25/08F26B25/003B65G25/10B65G25/12
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Patent No.
US 10,703,574
App. No.
16/336,627
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conveying device includes first guide rails 2 A, 2 B; second guide rails 12 A, 12 B for being connected to the first guide rails 2 A, 2 B; a movable holding part that holds the second guide rails 12 A, 12 B such that the second guide rails 12 A, 12 B are movable in transverse directions with respect to longitudinal directions of the second guide rails 12 A, 12 B; and moving parts 3 A, 3 B that move by being guided by the corresponding first guide rails 2 A, 2 B and the corresponding second guide rails 12 A, 12 B.

Claims (15)

1. A conveying device, comprising:

a first guide rail;

a second guide rail connected to the first guide rail;

a movable holding part that holds the second guide rail such that the second guide rail is movable in a transverse direction with respect to a longitudinal direction of the second guide rail; and

a moving part that moves by being guided by the first guide rail and the second guide rail.

2. The conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the movable holding part includes a deformable member disposed parallel to the longitudinal direction of the second guide rail and deformable in the transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the second guide rail, and

wherein the second guide rail is disposed on the deformable member.

3. The conveying device according to claim 2 , wherein the deformable member is plate-shaped.

4. The conveying device according to claim 2 , wherein the deformable member is made of a flexible material.

5. The conveying device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a coupler provided at an end portion of the second guide rail and configured to couple with the first guide rail.

6. The conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the first guide rail is disposed inside a furnace, and the second guide rail is disposed outside the furnace.

7. The conveying device according to claim 6 , wherein the first guide rail is disposed along a table that is disposed inside the furnace.

8. The conveying device according to claim 6 , wherein the second guide rail is disposed on a bridge that is disposed outside the furnace, and the bridge is movable.

9. The conveying device according to claim 1 , further comprising a contact member connected to the moving part to move an article by coming into contact with the article.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 20, 2025
From: AZBIL TELSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, S.L.U. A/K/A AZBIL TELSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, S.L.
To: SYNTEGON TELSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, S.L.U.
Reel/Frame 072069/0263 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2024
From: AZBIL CORPORATION
To: AZBIL TELSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, S.L.U.
Reel/Frame 068281/0960 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2019
From: TANAKA, MITSUHARU; BEPPU, HISASHI; OKAWA, YOICHI
To: AZBIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048948/0823 →
Continuity (1)
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