STOCKER AND METHOD FOR FORMING WORK PLATFORM

• Main Author: KUSAMA, Yu
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.09.2019
• Subjects: BUILDING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR OTHER BUILDING AIDS, OR THEIRUSE; CONVEYING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FORMS; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTINGBUILDINGS; SCAFFOLDING; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; SHUTTERING; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

[Problem] To enable easy formation of a work platform to thereby reduce the burden on a worker. [Means to Solve Problem] A stocker S comprises: a transporter 1 which travels through a traveling space SP within a stocker and transports an article; a pair of rails 4 which flank the traveling space SP extend in parallel in a horizontal direction; a plurality of platform members 5 movable along the pair of rails 4; and a housing 6 which is provided on a stocker outer side of a door 3 which separates inside and outside of the stocker, and which houses the plurality of platform members. The pair of rails 4 are arranged so as to extend from the inside of the stocker to the housing 6 through an opening 26 provided directly under the door 3. At least one of the plurality of platform members 5 includes a fence 28 in an upright standing manner and an upper end of the fence 28 is higher than an upper end of the opening 26. The platform member 5 which includes the fence 28 is arranged across the inside of the stocker and the outside of the stocker via the opening 26 while the fence 28 is arranged on a stocker inner side.