US 12,466,654 B2
Article transport facility
Yutaka Hasegawa, Hinocho (JP); Naoki Douba, Hinocho (JP); Makoto Ueda, Hinocho (JP); and Tetsuya Kuroki, Hinocho (JP)
Assigned to Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/964,351.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-167949 (JP), filed on Oct. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114686 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1376 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article transport facility comprising:
a rail extending along a first direction;
a transport vehicle configured to travel along the rail and transport an article;
a support column extending along an up-down direction; and
a support beam extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction in a vertical view along the up-down direction, the support beam configured to be coupled to the support column and support the rail, wherein:
the support column comprises a lock receiving portion formed in a side surface of the support column,
the support beam comprises:
a beam body extending along the second direction;
an attachment member configured to be attached to the support column; and
a support member configured to be fixed to the beam body and support the rail,
the attachment member comprises:
a first fixing portion configured to be fixed to the beam body;
a first contact portion configured to come into contact with the side surface of the support column; and
a locking portion formed on the first contact portion,
the support member comprises:
a second fixing portion configured to be fixed to the beam body;
a support portion configured to come into contact with the rail and support the rail;
a third contact portion configured to come into contact with a surface of the beam body, the surface facing one side in the first direction;
a first through hole at a position different from the support portion, and
the support beam and the support column are configured to be coupled by (i) the attachment member attached to the support column by having the locking portion locked to the lock receiving portion, and (ii) with the support member and the support column bound together by a first binding member inserted through the first through hole.