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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2023
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Hasegawa, Hinocho, JP;
Tetsuya Kuroki, Hinocho, JP;
Naoki Douba, Hinocho, JP;
Makoto Ueda, Hinocho, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An article transport facility includes a transport vehicle configured to travel on a travel surface on each of a plurality of travel floors. The transport vehicle is configured to travel straight and to change directions by executing turning movement to turning about an axis in the up-down direction on a spot. Columns extend through the travel floors in the up-down direction and protrude upward of the travel surface. Each travel floor has column through holes that are for the columns to extend through. The column through holes do not overlap a first straight path, a second straight path, and a turning path as viewed in the up-down direction, and overlap at least either a first tangent line or a second tangent line.
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