Article transport facility

An article transport facility comprising:

• article transport vehicles each of which is capable of traveling along any of travel paths to transport an article;
• and
• a storage device configured to store one or more articles;
• wherein the travel paths include a first path that extends by way of the storage device, and a plurality of second paths connected to the first path at mutually different locations along the first path,
• wherein each of the plurality of second paths is arranged to extend by way of at least one processing device configured to process an article or one or more contents thereof;
• wherein the article transport facility includes a transport device which has a connecting portion connected to the storage device, and which is configured to transport an article to be carried into, or being carried out from, the storage device,
• wherein the transport device is provided separately from the article transport vehicles,
• wherein, with a first side being one side, with respect to the first path, along a lateral width direction of the first path and a second side being the other side, with respect to the first path, along a lateral width direction of the first path, the connecting portion is located on the first side with respect to the first path whereas a subject path which is one of the plurality of second paths is located on the second side with respect to the first path,
• wherein a transporting path of an article by the transport device is so located to cross the first path in plan view and to extend at least from the connecting portion and to the second side with respect to the first path, and
• wherein a first transfer portion at which an article is transferred between the transport device and the article transport vehicle traveling along the subject path is set in a portion of the transporting path that is located on the second side with respect to the first path.