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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Kazushi Tsujimoto, Gamo-gun, JP;
Kazushi Tsujimoto, Gamo-gun, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An article storage facility comprising: an article storage rack having a plurality of storage units arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns; a track extending in the vicinity of the article storage rack; a plurality of article-conveying movable bodies capable of moving horizontally on the track in order to convey an article between the article storage rack and a loading/unloading article support unit; an article transfer device provided to each of the movable bodies that is capable of vertical movement and that transfers the article between a movable body and a storage unit or the article support unit; and a control device for controlling the movements of the movable bodies; wherein the dimensions of the movable bodies are determined so as to enable two of the movable bodies adjacent each other in the horizontal direction to be positioned such that the two article transfer devices, provided to the two adjacent movable bodies, overlap in the vertical direction.