Patent ID: 7201105

Claim:
A conveyance apparatus using movable bodies, comprising: a rail device; movable bodies capable of moving along a fixed path by being supported and guided by the rail device, each movable body having a main body side, a front and rear end, and a main body, and each main body comprising a middle section; a supporting unit for a conveyed item being provided on the main body side of each movable body; and guided devices supported and guided by the rail device, the guided devices being connected to each movable body in the middle section of the main body and at positions corresponding to front and rear ends of the movable body, wherein the guided device in the middle section of the main body is connected in a relatively rotatable fashion via a lateral axle to a lower part of a vertical shaft extending from the main body, the vertical shaft is connected with a lateral roller supporting body rotating integrally with the vertical shaft, and guiding rollers are provided at the right and left-hand ends of the roller supporting body, the guiding rollers being supported and guided by guide bodies disposed at prescribed positions in the fixed path.