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Apparatus for shuttling driverless vehicles

  • US 4,462,313 A
  • Filed: 12/07/1981
  • Issued: 07/31/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A driverless shuttle vehicle for use in an automated system comprising a body having wheels adapted for movement along rails therebelow, a track supported by said body, said track having rails for contact with wheels of a driverless vehicle adapted to be supported thereby, one of said rails being a drive shaft supported for rotation about its longitudinal axis and being horizontally disposed, means coupling said track to said body so that said track can reciprocate horizontally a short distance relative to the body from an inoperative position to an operative position, in its operative position said track being arranged for loading or unloading of a driverless vehicle, and said track including a traffic control device having a cam surface for contact with a cam follower on a driverless vehicle adapted to be supported thereby, said track being arranged on said body so as to be non-rotatable with respect to the body, said track having means on one end portion thereof for engagement with a motor external of the vehicle and which is adapted to move said track to said operative position.

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