Patent ID: 8105005

Claim:
An article transport facility comprising: an article carrier movable along a track; an article rack arranged along said track, said article rack having a fixed frame, and a movable frame supported to be movable relative to said fixed frame between an extended position projecting toward said track and a retracted position retracted away from said track; said article carrier being configured to stop in an article transfer location for said article rack and to deliver an article to and receive an article from said article rack when said movable frame is in said extended position; a movable guide for shiftably supporting and guiding said movable frame to allow said movable frame to be movable relative to the moveable guide in a shifting direction; and a fixed guide mounted on said fixed frame for supporting and guiding said movable guide to allow said movable guide to be movable relative to the fixed guide in said shifting direction, wherein said movable guide comprises an extended position side limiting portion and a retracted position side limiting portion, the extended position side limiting portion coming into contact with said movable frame located in the extended position for limiting movement of said moveable frame toward the extended position relative to said movable guide, the retracted position side limiting portion coming into contact with said movable frame located in the retracted position for limiting movement of said movable frame toward the retracted position relative to said movable guide.