Automatically-guided vehicle having load clamp
US4714399A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 2, 1986 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0272
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automatically-guided, driverless vehicle for handling loads has a selectively openable and closeable load clamp. The clamp is equipped with various sensors for automatically sensing the load and other objects and surfaces surrounding the load, and controlling the movement of the clamp along a load-engaging direction, the vertical reciprocation of the clamp, and the opening and the closing of the clamp in response thereto.
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