Single-Floor Moving Cart System with Linear Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional moving cart systems in vehicle body manufacturing require multiple floors, a table lifter, and complex multi-directional storage units, leading to a cumbersome configuration that increases the time and cost of supplying and storing moving carts.
Innovation Solution
A moving cart system configured on a single floor with a main line, return line, traverses, and storage units, utilizing a shuttle driving unit, hooking unit, cart positioning units, and moving units to facilitate efficient transfer and storage without the need for multiple floors or complex storage systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional moving cart system uses multiple floors, a table lifter, and multi-directional storage units, then the system can supply and store moving carts, but the system becomes complicated and increases in size
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the table lifter and multi-floor configuration from the system, extracting these complex components while retaining the essential moving cart supply and storage functionality through a simplified single-floor design with linear arrangement of storage units
Solution Approach 2:
The storage units are segmented into multiple positions along the moving cart return line, allowing independent operation of each storage position while maintaining overall system simplicity. This segmentation enables the system to handle multiple moving carts simultaneously without requiring complex multi-floor structures
2Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional moving cart system uses multi-directional storage units, then moving carts can be stored, but significant time is required for supplying and storing moving carts
Solution Approach 1:
Storage units are pre-positioned along the moving cart return line at predetermined intervals, allowing moving carts to be immediately loaded onto the return line without time-consuming assembly or positioning operations. This preliminary arrangement of storage units enables rapid supply and storage operations
3Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional moving cart system uses multiple floors and complex storage units, then moving cart supply and storage is achieved, but the system size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a vertical multi-floor configuration to a horizontal single-floor arrangement where storage units are positioned along the length of the moving cart return line. This dimensional change maintains the storage capacity while significantly reducing the overall system footprint and eliminating the need for vertical lifting mechanisms
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AI summary
The present invention features, in part, a moving cart system that comprises a moving cart main line which is disposed along process portions and on which a moving cart is transpired along a positive length direction of the moving cart main line, a moving cart return line which is disposed parallel with the moving cart main line and on which the moving cart is transpired along a negative length direction of the moving cart return line, traverses which are disposed for connecting a front and a rear of the moving cart main line and the moving cart return line, and a plurality of storages which are disposed perpendicular to the moving cart return line in predetermined intervals along a length direction of the moving cart return line for storing the moving cart, wherein the moving cart moves along the plurality of storages.