Patent ID: 7796049
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An overhead traveling vehicle, comprising: an ID reader for reading an ID of an article; and a lateral drive moving the article in a lateral direction in a horizontal plane which is perpendicular to a traveling direction of the overhead traveling vehicle, wherein said ID reader reads the ID of the article while the article is laterally moved by said lateral drive, said overhead travelling vehicle further comprising an elevation frame for suspending, and elevating the article from a load port for processing equipment to a storage position, wherein said ID reader is provided at a position deviated from an elevation path of the article, and wherein after the article is elevated to the storage position, the elevation frame and the article are moved in the lateral direction by a predetermined distance, away from the processing equipment, thereby allowing the ID to be read by the ID reader during movement in the lateral direction.