Article transport facility

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PATENT NO 12098028
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17469002

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A control device that performs control to manage the passage of article transport vehicles in a management zone can execute: basic processing for permitting a first article transport vehicle to enter the management zone if no article transport vehicle is present in the management zone, and prohibiting a second article transport vehicle from entering the management zone if the first article transport vehicle is present in the management zone; and first exception processing for permitting the second article transport vehicle to enter the management zone in a case where, even if the first article transport vehicle is present in the management zone, the first article transport vehicle is an article transport vehicle that stops at a station provided in the first path, and the second article transport vehicle passes through a second path and a third path but does not pass through the first path.

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DAIFUKU CO LTD3-2-11 MITEJIMA NISHIYODOGAWA-KU OSAKA 555-0012

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Matsugi, Sadato Hinocho, JP 1 1
Suzuki, Akira Hinocho, JP 878 20457
Tanaka, Yoshitaka Hinocho, JP 57 425
Ueda, Toshihito Hinocho, JP 27 270

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