Patent · US Expired

Transportation system for transporting objects

US6669004B1 · kind B1 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Schneider Automation Inc. · US

Inventors

Ronald Schoop · Seligenstadt, DE
Siegfried Ralf Neubert · Aschaffenburg, DE
Eckart I. Tietze · Seligenstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 25, 2000
Grant date	Dec 30, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G29/02
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a transportation system (10) for transporting objects (WSx), in particular workpieces, including a plurality of parallel or substantially parallel transportation paths (12, 14, 16) and a device (18) for shifting the objects (WSx) between at least two adjacent transportation paths (12, 14, 16). In order to reduce both the space required for the transportation path and the time consumption for displacing the workpieces between the transportation paths, it is proposed that the transportation paths (12, 14, 16) are disposed one above the other in different planes, and that the workpieces (WSx) on being shifted are moved on a path (30) that defines a plane extending perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the transportation paths (12, 14, 16).

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