Article transport facility

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PATENT NO 9896275
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15247111

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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.

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DAIFUKU CO LTD3-2-11 YUCOIN ISLAND XIDIANCHUAN DISTRICT OSAKA CITY JAPAN OSAKA-SHI OSAKA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ikenaga, Kensuke Hinocho, JP 1 5
Yajima, Tsubasa Hinocho, JP 5 16

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