Patent ID: 8408142

Claim:
A guide rail type vehicle with a guide device comprising a guide rail provided on both sides of a running track, and a guide wheel mounted to a guide frame on the vehicle side, the guide wheel rolling in contact with the guide rail to guide the vehicle, wherein the guide wheel includes a main guide wheel that rolls in contact with a main guide rail of the guide rail provided along the running track and a branch guide wheel that rolls in contact with a branch guide rail of the guide rail provided at a branch position of the running track, wherein the guide frame includes a guide arm that extends in a vehicle width direction and a guide link mounted to an end portion in the vehicle width direction of the guide arm, the guide arm and the guide link being rotatably connected to each other via a first rotational shaft, wherein the guide link includes a second rotational shaft in which the main guide wheel and the branch guide wheel are rotatably mounted to both ends, and wherein a buffer mechanism is provided between the guide arm and the guide link, and when the guide link rotates around the first rotational shaft with the guide wheel contacting with the guide rail, the buffer mechanism suppresses rotation of the guide link.