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Article delivery apparatus

  • US 4,687,403 A
  • Filed: 09/19/1984
  • Issued: 08/18/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An article delivery/receiving apparatus for delivering/receiving articles through the use of trays in a factory, comprising:

  • a main body adapted to be disposed in the vicinity of a working station, and a carrier containing a stack of trays therein; and

    said main body including;

    a tray loading/unloading portion having a space for encasing said carrier, and said carrier containing said stack of trays which is adapted to be loaded or unloaded;

    a tray engaging neans provided in said tray loading/unloading portion and being sequentially engageable with each lowermost tray and the next lowermost tray of the stack, whereby said lowermost tray is released from said stack of trays;

    first and second article delivery/receiving portions formed at an upper portion of said main body to allow for cooperation with a working robot, and each being disposed in juxtaposition to said tray loading/unloading portion;

    a lift means, for stepwise vertical movement of said stack of trays to permit unstacking of said stack of trays as well as separate restacking of returned trays on top of said lift means;

    first upper lateral feeding means provided in said main body for laterally shifting said lowermost tray to and from said first article delivery/receiving portion; and

    a second upper lateral feeding means provided in said main body for laterally shifting the next lowermost tray to and from said second article delivery receiving portion.

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