Patent ID: 11876009
Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. An overhead transport vehicle that travels along a rail on a ceiling of a building to transport an article, the overhead transport vehicle comprising:
a first holder to hold at least one of a side surface and a bottom surface of the article;
a first transfer device to move the first holder;
a driver; and
an operator to provide a driving force generated by the driver to an upper shelf positioned at an upper transfer position; wherein
the first transfer device moves the first holder at least upwardly while holding the article from a holding position in which the first holder holds and transfers the article to an upper transfer position to transfer the article, which is a different position from the holding position in a plan view and higher than the holding position; and
the operator enables the upper shelf to be transferred by providing the driving force generated by the driver to the upper shelf positioned at the upper transfer position; and

the first transfer device is able to raise the first holder to at least a same height as the rail.