Patents by Inventor Tetsuhide Ohgi

Tetsuhide Ohgi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Article providing apparatus capable of being installed in a smaller site
    Patent number: 6199722
    Abstract: In an article providing apparatus, a storage rack (11) has at a front face thereof a loading portion for loading articles into the storage rack. A conveying robot (12) is movable right and left along a rear face of the storage rack. Responsive to a command produced in an operational unit (15), the conveying robot picks up, as a designated article, one of the articles rearwardly from the storage rack and conveys the designated article with movement thereof. A conveyor (13) is adjacent to a side face of the storage rack and receives the designated article from the conveying robot to convey the designated article forward. The operational unit is placed in front of the conveyor and receives the designated article from the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuhide Ohgi