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Operation control system for automated guide vehicles

  • US 5,091,855 A
  • Filed: 04/16/1990
  • Issued: 02/25/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An operation control system for automated guided vehicles conveying articles along an unmanned conveying system comprising:

  • a first travel path loop along which only a first group of the automated guided vehicles are automatically travelled;

    a second travel path loop along which only a second group of automated guided vehicles are automatically travelled;

    a common travel path along which both the first group and the second group of automated guided vehicles are travelled, to transfer articles from the automated guided vehicles of one group to the automated guided vehicles of the other group;

    a correlation means for correlating one automated guided vehicle of the first group with another automated guided vehicle of the second group;

    a transfer control means for controlling said transfer of articles carried by said automated guided vehicles along the common travel path in such a manner that said transfer of articles is permitted only between the automated guided vehicles correlated by said correlation means.

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