Patent ID: 7461598
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: B61B

Abstract:
1. An overhead traveling vehicle system, comprising: a fixed traveling rail comprising an inter-bay route, a plurality of intra-bay routes connected to said inter-bay route, and a maintenance bay route used for the maintenance of an overhead traveling vehicle, a lifter having an elevatable/lowerable traveling rail connectable to said fixed traveling rail, wherein when said elevatable/lowerable traveling rail of said lifter is moved to an upper position, said elevatable/lowerable traveling rail of said lifter is connected to said maintenance bay route of fixed traveling rail, and when said elevatable/lowerable traveling rail of said lifter is moved to a lower position, said elevatable/lowerable traveling rail of said lifter is connected to at least one of a ground-mounted traveling rail and a movable traveling rail, and wherein an entrance and an exit of said maintenance bay route are directly connected to said inter-bay route without passing through said intra-bay routes.