US Patent Issued to Daifuku on Nov. 3 for "Conveyance device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,628, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Conveyance device" was invented by Tomohiko Kawashima (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Achieved is a conveyance device that enables grease to be easily injected into a linear guide block. A conveyance device includes: a support pillar; and an elevator section which is able to be loaded with a conveyance target and which is configured to be raised and lowered along the support pillar, the support pillar being provided with a linear guide rail, the elevator section being provided with: a linear guide block which engages with the linear guide rail such t...