Article lift device and article transport vehicle provided with article lift device

An article lift device, comprising:

• a holding portion that holds an article;
• a lift device that raises and lowers the holding portion with the holding portion being suspended by a suspension belt;
• and
• a fixing device that fixes a lower end portion of the suspension belt to the holding portion, wherein:
• the fixing device comprises a shaft-like portion with an axial direction aligned with a horizontal direction and a connection portion that connects the shaft-like portion and the holding portion together;
• the connection portion connects the shaft-like portion and the holding portion together in a manner so that an outer circumferential surface of the shaft-like portion is separated from the holding portion;
• a fixing portion, where the lower end portion of the suspension belt is fixed, is provided on the outer circumferential surface;
• in an axial direction view along the axial direction, a region of the outer circumferential surface on one side of a virtual vertical surface running through an axial center of the shaft-like portion is a first region and a region of the outer circumferential surface on the other side of the virtual vertical surface is a second region;
• the fixing portion is provided in the first region;
• and
• the suspension belt extending from the fixing portion is disposed running through a lowest portion of the outer circumferential surface and running along the second region and upward.