Transport Facility

A transport facility, comprising:

• a transport vehicle comprising a right wheel and a left wheel to travel along a travel path;
• and
• travel rails comprising a right rail on which the right wheel rolls and a left rail on which the left wheel rolls, and
• wherein:
• the travel rails extend across a first structure and a second structure, the first structure and the second structure being configured to vibrate differently,
• the right rail comprises:
• a first right rail segment supported by the first structure, and
• a second right rail segment supported by the second structure and spaced from the first right rail segment in a path direction being a direction parallel to the travel path,
• the left rail comprises:
• a first left rail segment supported by the first structure, and
• a second left rail segment supported by the second structure and spaced from the first left rail segment in the path direction,
• the transport vehicle comprises an auxiliary unit at a position different from a position of the right wheel and a position of the left wheel,
• the travel rails comprises an auxiliary rail in a section of the travel path at a position corresponding to the auxiliary unit,
• the auxiliary rail comprises:
• a first auxiliary section in which the auxiliary unit comes in contact with and is guided along the auxiliary rail on a second side in a swing direction while the right wheel is in a right separation state in which the right wheel is passing through a right separation section, the swing direction being a direction in which the transport vehicle along the travel path swings about a swing axis, the second side in the swing direction being a side on which the left wheel is lowered in the swing direction relative to the right wheel, the right separation section being a section between the first right rail segment and the second right rail segment in the path direction, and
• a second auxiliary section in which the auxiliary unit comes in contact with and is guided along the auxiliary rail on a first side in the swing direction while the left wheel is in a left separation state in which the left wheel is passing through a left separation section, the first side in the swing direction being a side on which the right wheel is lowered in the swing direction relative to the left wheel, the left separation section being a section between the first left rail segment and the second left rail segment in the path direction, and
• the right separation section and the left separation section are arranged to cause the right separation state and the left separation state to occur at different times.