ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,383, issued on April 21, was assigned to DAIFUKU Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Article conveyance device" was invented by Takeyoshi Kitaoka (Shiga, Japan) and Kiyohiro Tominaga (Shiga, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an article conveyance device that makes it possible to reduce production of particles. The article conveyance device includes: an ascending and descending stage movable along a support pillar; a toothed belt stretched from the ascending and descending stage along the support pillar; a first pulley provided on one side with respect to the ascending and descending stage in an up-and-down direction; a second p...