| CPC B65G 47/46 (2013.01) | 7 Claims |
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1. An article transport facility comprising a plurality of article transport vehicles each configured to travel along a predetermined travel route and transport an article,
the travel route comprising:
a main transport route connecting a plurality of processing devices to each other;
a first branch route branching from the main transport route, passing through a transfer position at which an article is transferred to a port of a first processing device among the plurality of processing devices, and merging with the main transport route; and
a second branch route branching from the first branch route at a position downstream of the transfer position, or branching from the main transport route, and merging with the first branch route at a position upstream of the transfer position,
the first branch route including, at a position upstream of the transfer position, a first standby section enabling a loaded transport vehicle, which is an article transport vehicle holding an article among the plurality of article transport vehicles, to wait therein, and
the second branch route including a second standby section enabling an empty transport vehicle, which is an article transport vehicle not holding an article among the plurality of article transport vehicles, to wait therein.
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