Conveyance facility

A conveyance facility for conveying an article along a conveyance path, comprising:

• a conveyance unit comprising a traveling body traveling on the conveyance path, and a support traveling with the traveling body and supporting the article being suspended, the conveyance unit conveying the article along the conveyance path;
• and
• a traveling rail supporting the traveling body so as to be travelable,
• wherein the traveling rail forms a first conveyance path, and a second conveyance path branching from a location in a middle of the first conveyance path,
• wherein a switching device for switching the conveyance path of the conveyance unit from the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path is provided at a branch portion between the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path, and
• wherein the switching device is capable of directing the support from the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path,
• wherein the switching device includes
• a turnably supported guide member having a non-curved elongated guide portion configured to guide the conveyance unit along a path of the non-curved elongated guide portion, the guide member selectively turnable to one of a first angular position corresponding to the first conveyance path and a second angular position corresponding to the second conveyance path,
• wherein when in the first angular position the non-curved elongated guide portion guides the conveyance unit along the first conveyance path, and when in the second angular position the non-curved elongated guide portion guides the conveyance unit along the second conveyance path.