KR20210102806A - An automatic guided vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The objective of the present invention is to allow a compatibility of a reduction of dimensions in the height direction of an automated carrier with the improvement of the load-bearing capacity to be implemented at reasonable cost. A vehicle body (2) and a drive unit (4) are connected by a rotary shaft (6) so as to be relatively rotatable. In addition, four support rollers (26) are arranged between the vehicle body (2) and the drive unit (4) in a manner that ball bearings (40a, 40a) abut against the back surface (2bb) of the vehicle body (2). The support rollers (26) are arranged on a radial outer side of the rotary shaft (6) and close to an outer periphery of the upper wall (20a) of the frame (20). In addition, the support rollers (26) are arranged at equal intervals (90-degree intervals) in a circumferential direction of an imaginary circle with the rotary shaft (6) as the center. In accordance with the structure, the load generated by the load of the vehicle can be borne by not only the rotary shaft (6), but also the supporting roller (26), so that the load applied to the rotary shaft (6) can be reduced, and the rotary shaft (6) can be compact. In addition, the rotary shaft (6) does not need to use a special bearing.

Description

Unmanned Carrier {AN AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLE}

The present invention relates to an unmanned transport vehicle for loading and transporting an object to be transported.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-1631 (Patent Document 1) describes an unmanned transport vehicle having a vehicle body, a cross roller bearing mounted on the vehicle body, and a driving wheel supported by the vehicle body rotatably through the cross roller bearing. . In this unmanned transport vehicle, the cross roller bearing has an inner diameter capable of enclosing a part of the driving wheel, and the driving wheel is supported by the vehicle body in a state where a part of the driving wheel is disposed inside the inner ring of the crossed roller bearing. As a result, the unmanned transport vehicle achieves both a reduction in dimensions in the height direction of the unmanned transport vehicle and an improvement in load resistance.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-1631

However, the unmanned transport vehicle described in the above publication not only requires a special bearing called a crossed roller bearing, the crossed roller bearing can surround a part of the driving wheel and has a diameter that can withstand the load of the transported object. Since there is a need, the unmanned transport vehicle may increase in size and may cause an increase in cost.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of realizing both reduction of the dimension in the height direction of an unmanned transport vehicle and improvement of load resistance at low cost.

The unmanned transport vehicle of the present invention includes the following means in order to achieve the above object.

According to a preferred aspect of the unmanned transport vehicle according to the present invention, an unmanned transport vehicle that loads and transports an object to be transported is configured. The unmanned transport vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a drive unit having drive wheels; a rotation shaft disposed between the vehicle body and the drive unit to connect the vehicle body and the drive unit in a relative rotational manner; It is provided with the top plate arrange|positioned to the and several rotating bodies. The rotating body has a raceway, and is disposed between the vehicle body and the drive unit in a radial direction outward of the rotation shaft so that the raceway abuts against the vehicle body. Here, "loaded and conveyed" in the present invention suitably includes not only the aspect of conveying the object in a loaded state, but also the aspect of pulling and conveying the object. Further, as an aspect of towing an object, for example, in the case of a vehicle having four wheels, an aspect in which the vehicle is towed by an unmanned transport vehicle with two wheels of the vehicle floating from the surface of the floor is very suitably included. In the present invention, "arranged between the vehicle body and the drive unit" means not only an aspect in which all of the rotation shaft is disposed between the vehicle body and the drive unit, but also a part of the rotation shaft is driven between the vehicle body and the drive unit. It very suitably includes aspects disposed between the unit and the unit.

According to the present invention, since a plurality of rotating bodies are disposed radially outward of the rotating shaft between the vehicle body and the drive unit so that the raceway is in contact with the vehicle body, the load resulting from the load of the conveyed object is transferred to the rotating body as well as the rotating shaft. It can also be borne by Thereby, compared with the structure which bears the load resulting from the load of a conveyed object only with a rotation shaft, the load applied to a rotation shaft can be reduced. In addition, since the load applied to the rotation shaft can be reduced, it is possible to achieve compactness of the rotation shaft. As a result, the increase in the size of the connection structure between the vehicle body and the drive unit can be suppressed, so that it is possible to reduce the dimension in the height direction of the unmanned transport vehicle. Moreover, since it is not necessary to use special bearings, such as a crossed roller bearing, suppression of cost increase can also be aimed at.

According to another aspect of the unmanned transport vehicle according to the present invention, a plurality of rotating bodies are arranged at equal intervals on the circumference of an imaginary circle centered on a rotation axis.

According to this aspect, the load resulting from the load of a conveyed object can be made to act equally on each rotating body.

According to still another aspect of the unmanned transport vehicle according to the present invention, the drive unit has a frame that supports drive wheels. Further, the rotating body includes an inner ring, an outer ring having a raceway, at least one bearing having a rolling element disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, and a shaft inserted into the inner ring. Then, the frame supports the shaft so that the outer ring abuts against the vehicle body.

According to this aspect, since the bearing is used as a rolling element, the structure is simple and easy, and cost reduction can be aimed at.

According to still another aspect of the unmanned transport vehicle according to the present invention, the rotating body has two bearings.

According to this aspect, since two bearings can bear the load resulting from the load of a conveyed object, compared with the structure which bears with one bearing, durability improvement can be aimed at.

According to another aspect of the unmanned transport vehicle according to the present invention, the bearing is a ball bearing having a ball as a rolling element.

According to this aspect, it is possible to achieve both reduction of the dimension in the height direction of the unmanned transport vehicle and improvement of load resistance at low cost.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, coexistence of the reduction of the dimension of the height direction of an unmanned transport vehicle and the improvement of load resistance can be realized at low cost.

1 is a plan view of an unmanned transport vehicle 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from above.
2 is a side view of the unmanned transport vehicle 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the side.
3 is a plan view of the vehicle body 2 viewed from above.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross section AA of FIG. 3 .
5 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the outline of the configuration of the drive unit 4 .
Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross section corresponding to a cross section BB of Fig. 5 .
Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross section corresponding to the section CC of Fig. 5 .
It is sectional drawing which shows the cross section corresponding to the GG cross section of FIG.
9 : is an oblique view which shows the outline of the structure of the support roller 26. As shown in FIG.
10 is an external view showing the external appearance of the top plate 8 .
11 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the outline of the configuration of lifters 10a, 10b, and 10c.
12 is an explanatory view showing the arrangement of the lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d.
13 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d.
Fig. 14 is a plan view of the lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d seen from above.
Fig. 15 is an explanatory view of the lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d being attached to the top plate 8 as viewed from the side.
16 : is explanatory drawing which shows the outline of the structure of the bracket 39. As shown in FIG.
Fig. 17 is a plan view of the lever driving unit 60 seen from above.
18 is a side view of the lever driving unit 60 as seen from the side.
19 is an explanatory view showing the arrangement of the lever driving units 60 and 60 and the stoppers 70 and 70;
20 : is explanatory drawing which looked at the attachment state to the top plate 8 of the stoppers 70 and 70 from the side.
Fig. 21 is an explanatory view of the unmanned transport vehicle 1 just before lifting the front wheels Wfr and Wfl as viewed from above.
Fig. 22 is an explanatory view of the unmanned transport vehicle 1 just before lifting the front wheels Wfr and Wfl viewed from the front side in the forward travel direction.
Fig. 23 is an explanatory view of the unmanned transport vehicle 1 just before lifting the front wheels Wfr and Wfl as viewed from the side.
Fig. 24 is an explanatory view of the unmanned transport vehicle 1 in which the front wheels Wfr and Wfl are lifted, as viewed from the front side in the forward travel direction.
Fig. 25 is an explanatory view of the unmanned transport vehicle 1 in which the front wheels Wfr and Wfl are lifted, as viewed from the side.

Hereinafter, the best mode for implementing this invention is demonstrated using an Example.

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As shown in FIG. 1 , an unmanned transport vehicle 1 according to the present embodiment includes a vehicle body 2 , a drive unit 4 connected to the vehicle body 2 via a rotation shaft 6 , and a vehicle body Casters 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d mounted to (2), a top plate 8 mounted to the vehicle body 2 via lifters 10a, 10b, 10c, and a lifter lever 12a mounted to the top plate , 12b, 12c, 12d), lever driving units 60 and 60 connected to the lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, and a control device 14 for controlling the entire unmanned transport vehicle 1, have. In the present embodiment, the unmanned transport vehicle 1 pulls the vehicle Car in a state where a pair of front wheels Wfr and Wfl (only the front wheels Wfr are described in FIG. 2 ) of the vehicle Car is lifted from the floor f. The vehicle Car is an example of an implementation configuration corresponding to an "object" in the present invention. In addition, in this embodiment, for convenience, the upper part of FIG. 1 is prescribed|regulated as a "forward running direction", and the downward direction of FIG. 1 is prescribed|regulated as a "reverse running direction". In addition, the left side of FIG. 2 is prescribed|regulated as "upper side" thru|or "upper side", and the right side of FIG.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the vehicle body 2 has a flat base portion 2a and a bulging portion 2b that bulges upward from the base portion 2a. The bulge 2b has a hexagonal shape in plan view, as shown in FIG. 3 . Moreover, as shown in FIG. 6, the bulging part 2b has a hollow shape in which the downward (bottom f) side was opened. In other words, it can be said that the bulge 2b has a hexagonal cylindrical shape.

The drive unit 4 is, as shown in FIG. 5, the drive wheels 21a, 21b, 22a, 22b supported by the frame 20 which has a cylindrical shape, and the upper wall 20a of the frame 20 via brackets BRKT1, BRKT2. ), the driving motors M1a and M1b connected to the driving wheels 21a and 21b through the reducers 23a and 23b, and the driving motors M2a and M2b connected to the driving wheels 22a and 22b through the reducers 24a and 24b, and , four supporting rollers 26 , 26 , 26 , 26 , rotatably supported by the upper wall 20a of the frame 20 , and a travel sensor RS fixed to the frame 20 . The drive unit 4 is accommodated (arranged) inside the bulge 2b of the vehicle body 2 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 . In addition, the drive unit 4 can independently drive the four drive wheels 21a, 21b, 22a, 22b by the four drive motors M1a, M1b, M2a, M2b.

The drive wheels 21a, 21b, 22a, 22b and the drive motors M1a, M1b, M2a, M2b have mutual axes (not shown axles of the drive wheels 21a, 21b, 22a, 22b and drive motors M1a, M1b, M2a, It is arrange|positioned in the frame 20 so that the rotating shaft (not shown) of M2b may be orthogonal (refer FIG. 5). In this way, by making the axes perpendicular to each other, the four drive wheels 21a, 21b, 22a, 22b and the four drive motors M1a, M1b, M2a, M2b are compactly accommodated inside the frame 20. can do

As shown in FIG. 8, the support roller 26 has a pair of ball bearings 40a, 40a, and the shaft 42 which supports the said ball bearings 40a, 40a rotatably. As shown in FIG. 9 , the shaft 42 includes a support portion 42a for supporting the ball bearings 40a and 40a, fastening portions 42b and 42c fastened to the upper wall 20a of the frame 20, and a support portion ( It has annular grooves RG and RG arranged between 42a) and the fastening portions 42b and 42c. The support roller 26 is an example of the implementation structure corresponding to the "rotation body" in this invention. In addition, the ball bearing 40a is an example of the implementation structure corresponding to the "bearing" in this invention.

The ball bearing 40a has an outer ring (not shown), an inner ring (not shown), and a ball (not shown) as a rolling element disposed between the outer ring and the inner ring. The support portion 42a has an outer diameter equal to or slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the inner rings of the ball bearings 40a and 40a. The fastening portions 42b and 42c are formed from planes 43b and 43c in contact with the upper wall 20a, planes 44b and 44c parallel to the planes 43b and 43c, and planes 43b and 43c. It has through-holes 45b and 45c penetrating to the planes 44b and 44c. The planes 44b and 44c are surfaces where nuts N and N for fastening the fastening portions 42b and 42c to the upper wall 20a contact each other. The through-holes 45b and 45c have inner diameters slightly larger than the shaft diameters of bolts BLT and BLT for fastening the fastening portions 42b and 42c to the upper wall 20a. Snap rings SR and SR are engaged with the annular grooves RG and RG as grips for the ball bearings 40a and 40a. The ball bearing 40a is an example of the implementation structure corresponding to the "bearing" in this invention.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the support roller 26 configured in this way is uniform in the circumferential direction at a position near the outer periphery in the upper wall 20a of the frame 20 in the radial direction outward of the rotation shaft 6 . They are arranged at intervals (90 degree intervals). Moreover, the support roller 26 is facing the extending direction of the tangent of the imaginary circle VC centering on the rotation axis 6 .

The travel sensor RS is a sensor capable of detecting a guide band (not shown) made of a magnetic tape or a reflective tape. The travel sensor RS outputs a signal (for example, an on/off signal) in response to detection of a guide band (not shown) to the control device 14 .

The rotation shaft 6 is bearing BRG which connects the 1st shaft part 28a, the 2nd shaft part 28b, the 1st shaft part 28a, and the 2nd shaft part 28b, as shown in FIG.6 and FIG.7. has a The first shaft portion 28a is fastened to the back surface 2bb of the bulge portion 2b of the vehicle body 2 by a fastening member such as a bolt (not shown). The second shaft portion 28b is fastened to the upper wall 20a of the frame 20 of the drive unit 4 by a fastening member such as a bolt (not shown). The bearing BRG has an inner ring, an outer ring, and a rolling element (for example, a ball) arrange|positioned between the inner ring and the outer ring. As for bearing BRG, an inner ring is fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the 1st shaft part 28a, and an outer ring is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the inner hole of the 2nd shaft part 28b. Thereby, relative rotation of the 1st shaft part 28a and the 2nd shaft part 28b is attained via bearing BRG. That is, the drive unit 4 is supported so that relative rotation is possible by the vehicle body 2 (the bulging part 2b) via the rotation shaft 6 . In addition, in a state in which the drive unit 4 is supported by the vehicle body 2 (the bulging portion 2b), as shown in FIG. 8 , the ball bearings 40a and 40a rotatably supported by the frame 20 are The outer ring is in contact with the back surface 2bb of the bulging portion 2b. Here, the outer rings of the ball bearings 40a and 40a are an example of the implementation configuration corresponding to the "rolling surface" in the present invention.

The casters 7a, 7b, 7c, and 7d are wheels that support the unmanned transport vehicle 1 together with the driving wheels 21a, 21b, 22a, and 22b, and follow the moving direction of the unmanned transport vehicle 1 to change directions. do. The casters 7a, 7b, 7c, and 7d are fastened to the back surface (the surface opposite to the floor f) of the vehicle body 2 by fastening members such as bolts (not shown), as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 .

The top plate 8 has a hexagonal opening 8a, as shown in FIG. The top plate 8 is a flat plate having a substantially A-shape in plan view. Further, the bulged portion 2b of the vehicle body 2 is inserted through the opening 8a (see Figs. 1 and 4).

The lifters 10a, 10b, and 10c all have the same configuration, and as shown in Fig. 11, have a motor M3 and a jack 30 connected to the motor M3. The jack 30 is disposed between the top plate 8 and the vehicle body 2 , and the base portion 2a of the vehicle body 2 and the top plate 8 are connected to each other by fastening members such as bolts (not shown). It is fastened to the lower surface (8c). The lifters 10a, 10b, and 10c constructed in this way drive the motor M3 to expand and contract the jack 30 to raise and lower the top plate 8 with respect to the vehicle body 2 . Here, in the state in which the top plate 8 is lowered (the state closest to the vehicle body 2), as shown in FIG. 4 , the upper surface 8b of the top plate 8 is the bulge 2b of the vehicle body 2 . ) is almost the same height as the upper surface (2bu).

The lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d have basically the same configuration. More specifically, the lifter levers 12a and 12d and the lifter levers 12b and 12c have the same configuration as shown in Fig. 12, but are in a mirror image relationship. The lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d are integrated with the lever portions 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d, respectively, and the lever portions 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d, as shown in Figs. It has boss portions 34a, 34b, 34c, and 34d made of metal, and flange portions 36a, 36b, 36c, and 36d integrated with the boss portions 34a, 34b, 34c, and 34d. The lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d are supported by the top plate 8 so that they can be rotated (swung) by a bracket 39 as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 . The lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d can rotate (oscillate) about the shaft 39b (see FIG. 16 ) of the bracket 39 . Moreover, the flange parts 36a, 36b, 36c, and 36d have the elongate hole 37 penetrating in the thickness direction (the up-down direction in FIG. 13).

As shown in Figs. 17 and 18, the lever driving units 60 and 60 include motors M4 and M4, external threaded rods 62 and 62 connected to a rotation shaft (not shown) of the motors M4 and M4, and the externally threaded rod ( It has two female threaded bodies 64, 64, 65, 65 screwed to 62, 62). The lever drive parts 60 and 60 are arrange|positioned at the lower surface 8c side of the top plate 8, as shown in FIG. The male threaded rods 62 and 62 are rotatably supported on the lower surface 8c of the top plate 8 by brackets 68a, 68b, 68c, 68d as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 . A guide plate 66 is fastened to the brackets 68a, 68b, and 68c, as shown in FIG.

The female screw bodies 64 and 65 have basically the same configuration, except that the winding directions of the threads of the main bodies 64a and 65a, which will be described later, are different. As shown in Figs. 17 and 18, the female screw bodies 64 and 65 include a main body 64a, 65a having a female screw hole, not shown, capable of screwing into the male screw rod 62, 62, and the main body 64a, It has rollers 64b and 65b rotatably supported on 65a).

The rollers 64b and 65b have the width dimension of the long hole 37 of the flange portions 36a, 36b, 36c, 36d of the lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d (the extension of the long hole 37). It has a diameter equal to or slightly smaller than the dimension in the direction orthogonal to the direction at) (refer to FIG. 27).

As shown in FIG. 17, the guide plate 66 is in contact with one side of the main body 64a, 65a of the female screw body 64, 65, and the female screw body 64, 65 is integral with the male screw rod 62. to prevent rotation. As a result, when the male screw rod 62 rotates, the female screw bodies 64 and 65 linearly move on the male screw rod 62 in the axial direction of the male screw rod 62 .

The lever drive parts 60 and 60 constructed in this way are supported by the top plate 8 with the roller 64b engaged with the elongate hole 37 . In this way, since the roller 64b is engaged with the elongated hole 37 , when the female screw bodies 64 and 65 linearly move on the male screw rod 62 in the axial direction of the male screw rod 62 , the lifter lever (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) rotates (oscillates) about the axis|shaft 39b (refer FIG. 12). That is, the rotational motion of the male screw rod 62 is converted into a linear motion of the female screw bodies 64 and 65 by the guide plate 66, and the linear motion of the female screw bodies 64 and 65 is converted into a linear motion of the female screw body 64, 65 by the roller 64b. , 65b) and the long hole 37, it is converted into rotation (oscillation) of the lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d.

The control device 14 is provided with a microprocessor centering on a CPU (not shown). In addition, the control device 14 includes, in addition to the CPU, a ROM (not shown) for storing a processing program, a RAM (not shown) for temporarily storing data, an input/output port (not shown), and a communication port (not shown). not), etc. are provided. In the control device 14, a signal from a travel sensor RS or a marker sensor (not shown), the number of revolutions of the drive motors M1a, M1b, M2a, M2b, and the motors M3, M4, and M4, and a limit switch (not shown) are provided. ) on and off signals are being input through the input port.

In addition, the marker sensor is located on the floor f (arranged in the vicinity of the guidance platform) in order to cause the unmanned transport vehicle 1 to execute a predetermined command, for example, a "towing preparation command" for towing the vehicle Car. A sensor for detecting an installed marker (not shown). Moreover, the limit switch is provided in the lifters 10a, 10b, 10c, the lever drive parts 60, 60, and the stopper 70, The stroke of the lifters 10a, 10b, 10c, and , detects the stroke of the female threaded body 64, 65.

Further, from the control device 14, drive signals to the drive motors M1a, M1b, M2a, M2b, and the motors M3, M4, and M4 are outputted through the output ports.

The unmanned transport vehicle 1 constructed in this way pulls the vehicle Car with the front wheels Wfr and Wfl lifted from the floor f by the lifter levers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d. Specifically, first, the tips of the lever parts 32a and 32c are directed in the forward traveling direction (up-down direction in FIG. 12), and the tips of the lever parts 32b, 32d are directed in the backward traveling direction (downward direction in FIG. 12). ), in the direction orthogonal to the forward/backward traveling direction (up-down direction in FIG. 12 ), the tips of the lever parts 32a and 32c face opposite sides (left-right direction in FIG. 12 ) , until the tips of the lever portions 32b and 32d are directed to opposite sides (left and right direction in FIG. 12) in the direction orthogonal to the forward/backward travel direction (up-down direction in FIG. 12), the lifter lever 12a , 12b, 12c, 12d are rotated (oscillated) to dispose the front wheels Wfr and Wfl between the lifter levers 12a and 12b and between the lifter levers 12c and 12d (see Figs. 21 to 23). Next, the front wheels Wfr and Wfl are lifted from the floor f by raising the top plate 8 by the lifters 10a, 10b, and 10c in this state (refer to Figs. 24 and 25). Then, by driving the unmanned transport vehicle 1 in this state, the vehicle Car is towed with the front wheels Wfr and Wfl lifted from the floor f.

Here, when the unmanned transport vehicle 1 pulls the vehicle Car with the front wheels Wfr and Wfl lifted from the floor f, a vertically downward force due to a part of the weight of the vehicle Car is applied to the lifter lever 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d), the top plate 8, and the lifters 10a, 10b, 10c act on the vehicle body 2 . The force acting on the vehicle body 2 acts on the drive unit 4 via the rotation shaft 6 and the four support rollers 26 , 26 , 26 , 26 . In this way, in the unmanned transport vehicle 1 according to the present embodiment, the vertical downward force due to a part of the weight of the vehicle Car is applied not only to the rotation shaft 6 but also the four support rollers 26 , 26 , and 26 . , 26), the load applied to the rotation shaft 6 can be reduced compared with the configuration in which the force is borne only by the rotation shaft 6 . As a result, it is possible to suppress an increase in the size of the connection structure between the vehicle body 2 and the drive unit 4 , and to reduce the dimension in the height direction of the unmanned transport vehicle 1 . Moreover, since only the support rollers 26, 26, 26, 26 are used and it is not necessary to use special bearings, such as a cross roller bearing, suppression of cost increase can be aimed at.

In addition, since the support rollers 26 , 26 , 26 , 26 are arranged at equal intervals (90 degree intervals) on the circumference of the imaginary circle VC centering on the rotation shaft 6, a part of the weight of the vehicle Car The load resulting from , can be equally borne on each of the support rollers 26, 26, 26, and 26. As shown in FIG. In addition, since the support rollers 26, 26, 26, and 26 have two ball bearings 40a and 40a, the load resistance can be improved. Moreover, since they are the ball bearings 40a, 40a, suppression of cost increase can be aimed at.

Further, when the drive unit 4 rotates with respect to the vehicle body 2 , each of the ball bearings 40a and 40a of the support rollers 26 , 26 , 26 and 26 rotates the rear surface 2bb of the vehicle body 2 . ), it is possible to smoothly rotate the drive unit 4 with respect to the vehicle body 2 .

In this embodiment, although the four support rollers 26, 26, 26, 26 were used, as long as it is two or more, the number of the support rollers 26 may be sufficient.

In this embodiment, although the support roller 26 was set as the structure which has two ball bearings 40a, 40a, it is not limited to this. For example, the support roller 26 may have a structure which has one ball bearing 40a, and the support roller 26 is good also as a structure which has three or more ball bearings 40a.

In this embodiment, although the ball bearing 40a was used for the support roller 26, it is not limited to this. For example, a roller bearing, a needle bearing, a tapered roller bearing, or the like may be used for the support roller 26 .

In this embodiment, although the four support rollers 26, 26, 26, 26 were arrange|positioned at equal intervals (interval of 90 degrees) on the circumference of the imaginary circle VC centering on the rotation axis 6, the four support The arrangement of the rollers 26 , 26 , 26 , 26 may not be at equal intervals.

In this embodiment, although it is applied to the unmanned transport vehicle 1 which tows a vehicle Car, it is not limited to this. For example, it may be applied to an unmanned transport vehicle that loads and transports an object on the top plate 8 .

This embodiment shows an example of the form for implementing this invention. Therefore, this invention is not limited to the structure of this embodiment. In addition, the correspondence between each component of this embodiment and each component of this invention is shown below.

1 Unmanned Carrier (Unmanned Carrier)
2 car body
2a Base part 2b Swelling part
2bu top side 2bb side
4 drive unit (drive unit)
6 axis of rotation
7a caster 7b caster
7c caster 7d caster
8 top plate
8a opening
8b top surface 8c bottom
10a lifter 10b lifter
10c lifter
12a lifter lever 12b lifter lever
12c lifter lever 12d lifter lever
14 control unit
20 frames
20a upper wall
21a drive wheel 21b drive wheel
22a drive wheel 22b drive wheel
24a Reducer 24b Reducer
26 Support roller (rotating body)
28a first shaft portion 28b second shaft portion
30 jack
32a lever part 32b lever part
32c lever part 32d lever part
34a boss part 34b boss part
34c boss 34d boss
36a Flange part 36b Flange part
36c flange part 36d flange part
37 long hole
39 Bracket 39b Shaft
40a ball bearings (bearings, ball bearings)
42 axis
42a support
42b fastening part 42c fastening part
43b plane 43c plane
44b plane 44c plane
45b through hole 45c through hole
60 lever drive
62 male threaded rod 64 female threaded body
64a body 64b roller
65 female thread
65a body 65b roller
66 guide plate
68a bracket 68b bracket
68c bracket 68d bracket
Car Vehicle (object)
Wfr front wheel Wfl front wheel
BRKT1 bracket BRKT2 bracket
M1a drive motor M1b drive motor
M2a drive motor M2b drive motor
M3 motor M4 motor
RS travel sensor BRG bearing
f floor
BLT bolt N nut
RG annular groove SR snap ring
VC virtual circle

Claims (5)

As an unmanned transport vehicle that loads and transports objects to be transported,
car body,
a drive unit having drive wheels;
a rotation shaft disposed between the vehicle body and the driving unit so as to connect the vehicle body and the driving unit so as to be able to rotate relative to each other;
An unmanned transport vehicle comprising a plurality of rotating bodies having a raceway and disposed radially outward of the rotation shaft between the vehicle body and the drive unit so that the raceway abuts against the vehicle body. According to claim 1,
The plurality of rotating bodies are arranged at equal intervals on the circumference of an imaginary circle centered on the rotation axis. 3. The method of claim 1 or 2,
The drive unit has a frame for supporting the drive wheel,
The rotating body includes an inner ring, an outer ring having the raceway, at least one bearing having a rolling element disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, and a shaft inserted into the inner ring,
and the frame supports the shaft so that the outer ring abuts against the vehicle body. 4. The method of claim 3,
The rotating body is an unmanned transport vehicle having two bearings. 5. The method of claim 3 or 4,
and the bearing is a ball bearing having a ball as the rolling element.

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