Patent ID: 9520313
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: B65G,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A transport system in which overhead traveling vehicles and a local carriage both transfer articles to and from a same transfer destination, the transport system comprising: a track for the overhead traveling vehicles; a track for the local carriage that is located directly below the track for the overhead traveling vehicles; a transfer destination located directly below both the track for the overhead traveling vehicles and the track for the local carriage; overhead traveling vehicles configured to travel on the track for the overhead traveling vehicles and including an elevating platform configured to move vertically while supporting an article; a local carriage configured to travel on the track for the local carriage and including an elevating platform configured to move vertically while supporting an article; and a buffer being connected to the track for the local carriage and being configured to deliver and receive the articles to and from the local carriage; wherein the track for the local carriage extends into one cell of the plurality of cells included in the buffer, or the track for the local carriage is directly connected to the one cell of the plurality of cells included in the buffer without extending into the buffer; and at least one column of the plurality of columns of the buffer is not directly below the track for the local carriage.