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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Masahiro Takahara, Gamo-gun, JP;
Toshihito Ueda, Gamo-gun, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An article storage facility includes a transport device for transporting containers to a plurality of storage sections, an inactive gas feed section which supplies inactive gas to the interior of the container stored in the storage section, and a controller for controlling operation of the device and operation of the flow rate adjusting device of the inactive gas feed section. The controller is configured to cause a state of the inactive gas feed section associated with the storage section to be both a storage feed state and an unfeeding state depending on if the carrier is stored or not stored be. The controller is also configured to store the transporting container in the storage section after changing the state of the inactive gas feed section associated with the storage section in which the container is to be stored to a pre-storage feed state from the unfeeding state.