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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
May. 25, 2006
Applicants:
Kazushi Tsujimoto, Gamo-gun, JP;
Yuichi Ueda, Gamo-gun, JP;
Kunihiro Tsukamoto, Gamo-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An article transport facility includes a plurality of mobile bodies movable along a single track for transporting articles, and a control device for controlling movement of the mobile bodies. The control device is capable of executing a joint moving operation for moving the mobile bodies in combination. In this operation, a first mobile body which is one of the mobile bodies pushes a second mobile body which is another of the mobile bodies.