Article transport facility
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Abe, Kazuya Omori
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Abstract
A first cable body allows a first transport apparatus to move in a first movement area by deforming as the first transport apparatus moves along a first direction. A second cable body allows a second transport apparatus to move in a second movement area, which at least partially overlaps the first movement area, by deforming as the second transport apparatus moves along the first direction. Assuming that a direction perpendicular to both the first direction and an up-down direction is a second direction, the first cable body and the second cable body are arranged on the same side in the second direction relative to a rail so that the respective arrangement areas in the second direction overlap each other at least partially.
Claims7
An article transport facility comprising:
- a storage rack in which a plurality of storage sections for storing articles are arranged in a first direction along a horizontal direction;
- a rail installed on a floor along the first direction;
- a first transport apparatus and a second transport apparatus that are guided by the rail to move in the first direction in front of the storage rack and transport the articles to the storage sections or from the storage sections;
- a first cable body for power supply or communication that is connected to the first transport apparatus and extends in the first direction;
- and
- a second cable body for power supply or communication that is connected to the second transport apparatus and extends in the first direction,
- wherein:
- both a first end, which is an end of the first cable body on a side opposite to a connecting portion thereof connected to the first transport apparatus, and a second end, which is an end of the second cable body on a side opposite to a connecting portion thereof connected to the second transport apparatus, are fixed to the floor,
- the first cable body allows the first transport apparatus to move in a first movement area, which is an area extending along the first direction, by deforming as the first transport apparatus moves along the first direction,
- the second cable body allows the second transport apparatus to move in a second movement area, which is an area extending along the first direction and at least partially overlapping the first movement area, by deforming as the second transport apparatus moves along the first direction, and
- the first cable body and the second cable body are arranged on the same side in a second direction, which is perpendicular to both the first direction and an up-down direction, relative to the rail so that an area in which the first cable body is arranged and an area in which the second cable body is arranged in the second direction at least partially overlap each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.