Transport Facility
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorYosuke Fujiwara
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Abstract
A transport facility equipped with an overhead transport vehicle, a ground transport vehicle, and a transport device includes a transfer section for an article to be transferred between the overhead transport vehicle and the transport device, the transfer section being on the upper side of a floor surface and separated from the floor surface. The overhead transport vehicle and the ground transport vehicle are configured to directly transfer an article therebetween, and the ground transport vehicle and the transport device are configured to transfer an article therebetween via the overhead transport vehicle and the transfer section.
Claims5
A transport facility comprising:
- an overhead transport vehicle configured to travel on a track held by a ceiling of the transport facility and transport an article;
- a ground transport vehicle configured to travel on a floor surface and transport an article;
- a transport device configured to transport an article along a transport path different from a transport path of the overhead transport vehicle and from a transport path of the ground transport vehicle;
- and
- wherein:
- a transfer section for an article to be transferred between the overhead transport vehicle and the transport device, the delivery section is above the floor surface and separated from the floor surface,
- the overhead transport vehicle and the ground transport vehicle are configured to directly transfer an article therebetween,
- the ground transport vehicle and the transport device are configured to transfer an article therebetween via the overhead transport vehicle and the transfer section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.