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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2024
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kengo Ikedo, Komaki, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A transport facility includes at least one transport vehicle, a guide rail, and a control system, and the at least one transport vehicle includes a guide section that is guided by the guide rail. The control system, when controlling the at least one transport vehicle traveling on the first branch route to perform return travel for entering the second branch route after reversing, executes branch return control for (i) controlling the guide drive section to move the guide section located at a first position to a second position side while the at least one transport vehicle is reversing on the first branch route, and (ii) controlling at least one transport vehicle to move forward on condition that the guide section has moved to the second position.