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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2016
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A transport apparatus transports a container that includes a flow hole forming portion in which a flow hole through which gas can flow between the outside and the inside of the container is formed. A connecting portion that has a flow path through which gas can flow and a filling gas supply source that allows a filling gas to flow through the flow path are provided in the transport apparatus. The connecting portion is configured to be switchable between a non-connected state in which the connecting portion is retracted to the outside of a moving region of the container that moves along a transport path and a connected state in which the connecting portion enters the inside of the moving region and is connected to the flow hole forming portion of the container.