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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Takeshi Abe, Shiga, JP;
Toshihito Ueda, Shiga, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
In an article storage facility, a door pivotable about a door pivot axis extending in a second direction is provided in an opening which is formed in a path-dividing wall portion that divides a traveling path and through which a transport movable body can pass. The door is configured such that its position is switchable between a closed position in which the door extends along the path-dividing wall portion and blocks the opening and an open position in which the door is located on an internal space side and opens the opening so that the transport movable body can pass through the opening. The article storage facility includes a blocking member that is switchable to a blocking state in which the blocking member blocks a portion through which the internal space and an external space communicate with each other in a state in which the position of the door is switched to an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position or to the open position and the transport movable body is stopped at a target position, the target position being a position of the transport movable body at which the opening is within the extent of the transport movable body in a first direction.