Patent ID: 7458455

Claim:
A conveying apparatus with a lifting/lowering to-be-conveyed object support table in which a to-be-conveyed object support table ( 3 ) is supported on a conveying traveler body ( 1 ) so as to be freely liftable and lowerable via a freely erectable crosslink mechanism ( 12 ), and a cam rail ( 40 ) that selectively moves the to-be-conveyed object support table ( 3 ) to a lifted position by working on a to-be-operated portion ( 14 ) provided in the crosslink mechanism ( 12 ) so as to raise the crosslink mechanism ( 12 ) is disposed in a specific section of a conveying route, wherein on a side of the conveying traveler body ( 1 ) of the crosslink mechanism ( 12 ), a to-be-latched portion ( 33 ) that reciprocatingly moves in a roughly horizontal direction as a result of a standing/falling motion of the crosslink mechanism ( 12 ) is provided, a locking latch ( 34 ) that is automatically latched with the to-be-latched portion ( 33 ) when the to-be-conveyed object support table ( 3 ) has been lifted to a predetermined position is provided, and an unlocking cam ( 41 ) that switches the locking latch ( 34 ) to an unlocking posture as a result of traveling of the conveying traveler body ( 1 ) at an end portion of the specific section is provided.