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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Kensuke Ikenaga, Hinocho, JP;
Tsubasa Yajima, Hinocho, JP;
Assignee:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/20 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/00 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0297 (2013.01); B65G 2203/02 (2013.01); B65G 2203/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
An article transport facility comprises a travel rail installed along a travel path, and a travel vehicle which is guided along the travel path with a travel wheel rolling on a travel surface of the travel rail. The travel vehicle has a distance measuring device for measuring a distance to the travel surface. And the distance measuring device includes a pair of distance sensors spaced apart from each other along a travel direction of the travel vehicle.