Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Article transport facility
- Patent Title (中): 物品运输设施
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Application No.: US13817676Application Date: 2011-06-17
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Publication No.: US08826825B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Suguru Shibata , Daisuke Ogawa , Yukio Iizuka
- Applicant: Suguru Shibata , Daisuke Ogawa , Yukio Iizuka
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: The Webb Law Firm
- Priority: JP2010-184339 20100819
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/063893 WO 20110617
- International Announcement: WO2012/023338 WO 20120223
- Main IPC: B61B3/00
- IPC: B61B3/00 ; B61J1/06 ; B61B3/02

Abstract:
An article transport facility in which driving electric power can be supplied from an electricity supply line to an article transport vehicle so that it can travel through a crossing portion properly regardless of whether it is traveling along a first path or a second path. The switching device of the article transport facility is configured to switch a position change rail to a first position and a second position. The electricity supply line is supported by a first travel rail such that electric power can be supplied to the article transport vehicle traveling along the first travel rail and along the position change rail in the first position and is supported by the second travel rail such that electric power can be supplied to the article transport vehicle traveling along the second travel rail and along the position change rail in the second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130213755A1 Article Transport Facility Public/Granted day:2013-08-22
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