Transport device

A conveying apparatus, comprising:

• an outer casing for disposing the conveying apparatus on a traveling structure;
• a storage case disposed inside the outer casing, the storage case allowing a stored article to be placed therein and removed therefrom from above;
• a plurality of stretchable elastic members spaced apart from each other in a crosswise direction, each of the elastic members including a bridging portion that bridges between front and rear ends of the outer casing in a traveling direction of the traveling structure;
• and
• a plurality of suspension devices spaced apart from each other at least in a fore-aft direction, each of the suspension devices including an upper end assuming a supported portion that is supported slidably on the elastic member and a lower end assuming a supporting portion that supports the storage case, wherein
• the suspension devices are supported by the elastic members pivotally rockably about the supported portions,
• the storage case is supported by the suspension devices pivotally rockably about the supporting portions, and
• the storage case is suspended on the elastic members by the suspension devices under a condition in which a gap is available between the storage case and the outer casing.