摘要 |
An automatic battery exchanging system for an automatic guided vehicle is capable of taking out the battery (B), supplying it to a recharging station (R), and, after recharging it, if possible, taking it back to the automatic guided vehicle. The apparatus comprises: battery mounting and releasing means (E), raising and lowering means (P), (S), horizontal conveying means (12, 13, 14), charging means (22), and a control unit (6) which executes automatically a sequence of operations. These include initial standby, detecting the presence or absence of battery, driving the conveyors horizontally, raising and/or lowering plate (11) and conveyor (14), driving the upper conveyors (24, 25, 26) horizontally and charging the battery, taking off the battery and mounting the charged battery to the automatic guided vehicle. <IMAGE> |