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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihiko Fujio, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
DAIFUKU CO., LTD., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/40 (2006.01); B65G 35/06 (2006.01); B65G 47/00 (2006.01); B61B 13/00 (2006.01); E01B 5/16 (2006.01); B65G 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 35/06 (2013.01); B65G 47/40 (2013.01); B61B 13/00 (2013.01); B65G 63/00 (2013.01); E01B 5/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A goods transport facility for transporting goods along a transportation path including a curved part, and in particular a goods transport facility provided with a plurality of transport carriages that move along a pair of left and right rails, which are provided along the transportation path, so as to transport goods. A rail width adjusting mechanism capable of changing a rail width between the left and right rails and is provided in at least one of a curving region and an S-curve region in the curved part of the transportation path.