US Patent Issued to Daifuku on April 7 for "Container transport facility" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,121, issued on April 7, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Container transport facility" was invented by Tooru Siraisi (Tokyo), Makoto Kawamoto (Tokyo) and Shota Aika (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container transport facility includes a transport vehicle configured to transport a container that is configured to be step-stacked in an up-down direction; a storage shelf configured to store the container; and a work area in which target work is performed. A step-stacking storage area s provided at a location different from the work area and the storage shelf. The step-stacking storage area includes a disposition ...