An article transport vehicle configured to transport an article, the article transport vehicle comprising:
- a traveling section comprising a wheel;
- a vehicle body connected to the traveling section and forming a storage space in which the article is storable;
- a holding section configured to hold the article in a suspended state;
- an elevating section configured to raise and lower the holding section relative to the vehicle body to raise and lower the article held by the holding section between a storage position inside the storage space and a lowered position below the storage space;
- and
- a fall restricting device configured to restrict falling of a stored article, wherein the stored article is the article at the storage position,
- wherein
- a first direction is a specific direction in a horizontal plane, a second direction is a direction orthogonal to the first direction in a vertical view, a first side in the first direction is one side in the first direction, and a second side in the first direction being is another side in the first direction,
- the vehicle body comprises:
- a first cover section covering the storage space on the first side in the first direction;
- a second cover section covering the storage space on the second side in the first direction;
- and
- a cover connecting section connecting the first cover section and the second cover section above the storage space,
- the fall restricting device comprises:
- a pair of fall restricting members;
- and
- a driving mechanism configured to drive the pair of fall restricting members,
- the pair of fall restricting members each comprise:
- a supported section supported by the cover connecting section;
- a pair of vertical extension sections extending downward from the supported section on opposite sides of the stored article in the second direction;
- and
- a lower connecting section connecting the pair of vertical extension sections below the stored article,
- the driving mechanism is configured to drive the pair of fall restricting members to move between at least one restricting position and a release position,
- while the pairs of vertical extension sections of the pair of fall restricting members are at the at least one restricting position, the pairs of vertical extension sections overlap the stored article in a second direction view along the second direction, and furthermore the lower connecting sections of the pair of fall restricting members overlap the stored article in the vertical view, and
- while the pairs of vertical extension sections of the pair of fall restricting members are at the release position, the lower connecting sections of the pair of fall restricting members are outward of the stored article in the first direction so as not to overlap the stored article in the vertical view.