Patent ID: 7753639

Claim:
An overhead travelling carriage system, comprising: an overhead traveling carriage running on a running rail, said overhead traveling carriage including an elevation driving section, a platform elevated from and lowered to a load port located below the running rail to transfer an article between the platform and the load port, said platform being elevated and lowered by said elevation driving section, and a lateral feeding means for moving the platform and the elevation driving section to a side of the running rail, and an automatic warehouse provided on a side of said running rail including open shelves, each of which is permanently open on a side of said open shelves nearest to the running rail, closed shelves, separate from said open shelves, each of which is permanently closed on a side of said closed shelves nearest to the running rail, and a stacker crane which conveys the article within the automatic warehouse, wherein the article can be transferred between each of the open shelves and the overhead travelling carriage by laterally feeding and elevating and lowering the platform, wherein the article, the elevation driving section, and the platform are insertable into said open shelves, wherein all of said open shelves are disposed below at least one row of said closed shelves and above a plurality of rows of said closed shelves, and wherein said open shelves and said closed shelves overlap each other in a top, plan view.