Daifuku Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Nakagawa

Nobuhiro Hayashi

Susumu Nakagawa

A movable member supported for movement on a track has a pressure receptor portion which faces laterally outward. An accelerating device in a horizontally held particular track portion of the track, at the upstream side thereof, acts upon the pressure receptor portion to apply high speed transport force to the movable member. A decelerating device at the downstream side of the particular track portion acts upon the pressure receptor portion to decelerate the movable member. The accelerating device acts upon the pressure receptor portion at the downstream side of the particular track portion, whereby high speed transport force is applied to the movable member so that the movable member may be transported at high speed on the horizontally held particular track portion. The decelerating device acts upon the pressure receptor portion of the movable member being transported at high speed, whereupon the movable member is decelerated. Movable members can be efficiently transported at high speed on the particular track portion and, therefore, the number of movable members present in the particular track portion can be reduced.

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Toyonaka, Japan

Hiroshi Nakagawa