摘要 |
PURPOSE:To provide an easily movable unmanned power supply. CONSTITUTION:A power collecting unit 50 mounted on an automatically guided vehicle comprises a movable current collector 51 having movable side contactors 511, 512 for AC and DC, moving means 52 for moving the movable current collector 51 back and forth, a control section 40, and a vehicle side optical communication unit 53. A power supply unit 60 installed upstanding on the floor in a station comprises a fixed current collector 61 having a pair of fixed side contactors 611, 612 coming into electrical contact with the advanced movable current collector 51 at the end thereof, a station side communication unit 63, and a power supply unit controller 64. Upon stoppage of the automatically guided vehicle at the station, a charge start/stop signal and a moving signal for the movable current collector 51 are communicated between the control section 40 and the power supply unit controller through the communication units 53, 63 and the current collectors 51, 61 contact each other to start power supply. Casing of the power supply unit 60 is fixed, at the lower end thereof, to a grating through fixing metals and hook bolts. |