| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tray management apparatus in which operability in taking out a tray is improved in spite of a simple structure.SOLUTION: In a tray management apparatus, when ID information is inputted by ID input means, among a plurality of accommodated trays 4, all the trays 4 permitted in that ID information are brought into unlock enabled state. The tray management apparatus comprises a tray designation detection switch 27 which detects an unlocked tray 4 and transmits tray information of that tray. While being interlocked with a manual takeout operation of the tray 4 in the unlock enabled state, the tray 4 is unlocked and tray information is transmitted from the tray designation detection switch 27. The tray management apparatus comprises the tray designation detection switch 27 which operates ON and OFF and a tray stocking detection switch 26 which is set to partially deviate an ON-OFF operating range from the tray designation detection switch 27 and in accordance with a difference of ON-OFF state changes between both the switches, a control section identifies whether the tray 4 is in an unlocked state or in a locked state. |
