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Article storage facility

US10479605B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 20, 2018
Grant dateNov 19, 2019
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G2207/40
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A control apparatus monitors an amount of time that has elapsed since an article was stored at a first storage position or an amount of positional misalignment from a reference position of the article stored at the first storage position. This amount of time is a monitoring target amount, and the control apparatus monitors the monitoring target amount for each of multiple storage sections and causes a conveying apparatus to execute correction processing with a storage section in which the monitoring target amount has exceeded the set threshold as a target storage section. Correction processing is used for correcting the position of only the target article stored at a first storage position in a target storage section relative to a reference position.

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