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Patent No. 5100138

Motorized Mobile Boxing Robot

A simulation environment for the sport of boxing utilizing a robotic machine interface system which carries a person

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Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.


Location: JP
No. of patents: 47

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NumberTitleIssue Date
8091484Carriage-type conveyance system
The present invention makes it easy to employ a floor surface aisle crossing a conveyance path in a conveyance system using a conveyance carriage 1 which travels on guide rails 7a and 7b laid on a floor surface 6 along the c...
01/10/2012
8056701Conveyance device using carriage
The present invention increases an allowable maximum weight of an object to be loaded on a conveyance device using a carriage including an object support base movable vertically controlled by cam rails on the floor side without increasing the weight of the conveyanc...
11/15/2011
8033778Elevating conveyance device
The present invention proposes an elevating conveyance device with improved versatility which can be utilized for transferring an automobile body in an automobile assembly line, etc., and according to a first aspect of the invention, the elevating conveyance device ...
10/11/2011
8011491Conveyance apparatus for an assembly line
A conveyance apparatus has a conveyance carriage for conveying a vehicle body, a vehicle-body support, a synchronous traveling carriage capable of traveling in synchronization with the conveyance carriage from a start point position to an end point position, a lifte...
09/06/2011
7789021Suspension conveyance apparatus
A suspension conveyance apparatus has a conveying traveling body movably supported on a traveling guide rail and a hanger suspended from the conveying traveling body, and an anti-swaying guide rail in parallel with the traveling guide rail, the anti-swaying guide ra...
09/07/2010
7779986Transfer system
In a transfer system used for transferring articles that are conveyed on a main conveying path to branching conveying paths, change-over guiding sections of change-over units have an upper guiding body and a lower guiding body and the change-over action of the upper...
08/24/2010
7748514Object loading and unloading conveyance device
A conveyance device suitable for an automobile assembling plant has an object loading and unloading conveyance device between a hanging conveyance line, in which a pallet supporting a door is conveyed while being supported by a hanging hanger, and an object loading ...
07/06/2010
7506744Changeover system
In a changeover system of the present invention, the upper part of the transverse pushing action section of the article transverse pushing body is formed as a tilted upper surface with a middle portion in the front rear direction being tilted forward and downward an...
03/24/2009
7506743Changeover system
In a changeover system of the present invention, the upper plate member, front plate member, and rear plate member are formed to have partially non-uniform thickness. As a result, the strength of the entire article transverse pushing body can be increased without in...
03/24/2009
7484616Transportation facility for traveling body for transportation
A transportation facility in which an object transported while being suspended from a hanger such as a trolley conveyor is transferred on to a carriage of a carriage-type transportation device for a certain section of a route. At the start point, there is an object ...
02/03/2009
7461735Suspension conveyance apparatus
A support structure for a receiver (18) which is provided on a hanger arm for supporting an object to be conveyed and the position of which can be switched is simplified. A suspension conveyance apparatus has a long hole (31) provided at a shaft suppor...
12/09/2008
7458455Conveying apparatus with lifting/lowering to-be-conveyed object support table
A conveying apparatus formed so as to selectively move a to-be-conveyed object support table (3) installed on a conveying traveler body (1) to a lifted position by pushing up the support table by cam rails (40) laid down in the specific section ...
12/02/2008
7383936Conveying apparatus
When a pulling force acts on an insertion joint in a conveying apparatus used for transferring an article conveyed on a main conveying path to a branch conveying path, an endless chain separates from an article support body and the joint state is disrupted. By contr...
06/10/2008
7357242Transfer apparatus
A transfer apparatus includes an electrical extension and contraction drive device which is connected to a distribution guide body, so that the switching action of the distribution guide body can be performed at a high speed, with shortened response time. Hence, the...
04/15/2008
7261210Shelving system
A shelving system including a plurality of movable shelves (1) installed for back-and-forth movement on a travel path through a travel support device, thereby to handle articles with respect to the movable shelves (1) opposed to a working aisle (S) by ...
08/28/2007
7168552Article joining system
A conveyance path for conveying articles though an accumulation conveyor, then through a carry-out conveyor, and then through a joining station is disclosed. After a flow of articles and at a time when there are no articles present on a portion of the conveyance pat...
01/30/2007
7090071Conveyor system
A conveyor system including a suppressing device which moves to a position below a driving sprocket to suppress hanging down of a chain moving in a direction opposite a conveying direction. The suppressing device includes: a pair of supporting plates respectively fo...
08/15/2006
6978873Connection structure of induction line cover
An induction line cover includes a cylinder-shaped section into which an induction line can be fitted, plate-shaped sections continuously connected outwardly from a pair of ends created by cutting a slit longitudinally in the cylinder-shaped section at a circumferen...
12/27/2005
6919008Conveyance apparatus for use with carriages
A transport object support means (40) is rotated about an anteroposterior axis (39) by a rotary control means (30), whereby a transport object (85) supported by the transport object support means (40) can be displaced in the vertic...
07/19/2005
6845834Movable rack system
Pulse encoders (21) are linked to motors (16) in driven travel support devices positioned in the opposite outside portions of a movable rack travel path (trackless) in a transverse direction to the travel path, and a movable rack controller (41)...
01/25/2005
6732849Sorting system
A sorting conveyor is composed of a plurality of front wheels and rear wheels each extending in a transverse direction, and a plurality of endless turning bodies wound between the wheels, respectively, each pair of wheels being arranged opposite each other in a long...
05/11/2004
6591962Transporting apparatus for plate form body
A transporting apparatus has two storage means with plate form body supporting members in a plurality of stages in vertical direction. Each plate form body supporting member is constructed with a plurality of string like members having widths to pass thro...
07/15/2003
6223887Device for Transferring Products
A product transferring device transfers a product onto a conveyor from the side of the conveyor. During transfer, a first device moves the product along the direction of conveyance of the conveyor at about the same speed as the speed of conveyance of conv...
05/01/2001
6088004Image display system for bowling lanes
An image display system displays images on a plurality of masked monitors, overhead monitors, or both. Images from a plurality of image sources are selected by a controller for display on the monitors. The controller can split up the image so that one ima...
07/11/2000
6036427Guided vehicle system for transporting loads
A vehicle transport system and accompanying guide device designed to serve in automated warehouses has a guide rail that guides the transport vehicle. The transport vehicle has a carrying platform. The vehicle runs along the rail astride it and linked by ...
03/14/2000
6024425Storage apparatus
A storage apparatus that includes a storage shelf having a plurality of horizontally and vertically arranged storage sections for storage of articles and a moving body for taking articles in and out of the storage shelf. Conventionally, since an article c...
02/15/2000
5966923Chain
A conventional chain capable of reserving lubricating oil is complex in shape and expensive since each chain plate is formed with countersunk recesses and through-openings. Since the recesses are formed in an overlap region, the chain tends to rattle, pro...
10/19/1999
5839872Apparatus for transferring cargoes
A transporter movable perpendicularly to a transfer path along one or more shelving racks containing shelves, a cargo transfer apparatus is mounted from the transporter, and has a cargo platform for receiving cargo transferred therefrom and thereto along ...
11/24/1998
5839567Conveying system
The present invention relates to a conveying system such as in an assembly line, more particularly to a plurality of transport cars without motor that are driven in close contact with each other on an endless path on guide rails having curved sections, an...
11/24/1998
5658120Article transport system and carriage for use therewith
An article carriage includes a pair of hollow base frames arranged transversely and extending longitudinally thereof. Each base frame has engaging recesses extending longitudinally along outer walls thereof. The engaging recesses are used for assembling d...
08/19/1997
5651319Car body carrier
A carrier of car bodies having front wheels and rear wheels mounted from respective front and rear axes, by rolling the car body on the wheels on a floor along a generally horizontal direction of carriage, the carrier having a front wheel direction regula...
07/29/1997
5624004Wheel support apparatus for a carriage, a carriage having same, and an article transport system having such carriages
A wheel support apparatus for a carriage, a carriage having the wheel support apparatus and an article transport system having the carriage. The wheel support apparatus comprises wheel support frames for supporting a pair of wheels and motors for driving ...
04/29/1997
5454328Cleanroom transport system
A transport system installed in a cleanroom where clean air is caused to flow from a ceiling toward a floor. The transport system includes a vehicle for transporting loads, and a guide rail suspended from the ceiling to guide the vehicle. The vehicle has ...
10/03/1995
5434490Article transport system
An article transport system includes a plurality of article loading and unloading stations, at least one carriage for running between the stations to transport articles therebetween, and a base station installed on the ground to provide the carriage with ...
07/18/1995
5192903Equipment for transporting a load
A load transport equipment having self-propelled trucks travelling on a predetermined route so as to transport a load by the truck, wherein an encoder is connected to a motor and the pulse number from the encoder is counted by a counter, the counted value...
03/09/1993
5167302Truck having vertically movable goods-receiving portion
In a truck having a vertically movable goods-receiving portion, a plurality of resilient elements are arranged between an upper beam interconnecting the upper end of a righthand post and the upper end of a lefthand post and lower frames for mounting the v...
12/01/1992
5164648Equipment for transporting a load
A load transport equipment having self-propelled trucks travelling on a predetermined route so as to transport a load by the truck, wherein an encoder is connected to a motor and the pulse number from the encoder is counted by a counter, the counted value...
11/17/1992
5141381Safety arrangement for automatic warehousing facility
A safety arrangement for an automatic warehousing facility is disclosed. A traveling crane adapted to perform goods take-in and take-out operations is provided which is movable on a path provided between and extending along a plurality of three-dimensiona...
08/25/1992
5141380Safety arrangement for automatic warehousing facility
A safety arrangement for an automatic warehousing facility is disclosed. A traveling crane adapted to perform goods take-in and take-out operations is provided which is movable on a path provided between and extending along a plurality of three-dimensiona...
08/25/1992
5134353Equipment for transporting a load
A load transport equipment having self-propelled trucks travelling on a predetermined route so as to transport a load by the truck, wherein an encoder is connected to a motor and the pulse number from the encoder is counted by a counter, the counted value...
07/28/1992
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