CONVEYANCE DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conveyance device that can change a height for supporting a conveyed article without stopping conveyance thereof.SOLUTION: The conveyance device comprises: a conveyance carrier 10 having a support table 14 that allows a supporting position of a conveyed article W to be changed in a vertical direction; and a synchronized elevator 20 that has an engagement chain unit 30 including a pair of engagement chains that are engaged with each other to form a rigidified portion and disengaged from each other to separate, an engagement chain actuator 213 that moves an end of the rigidified portion of the engagement chain unit 30 in a vertical direction and a driving portion that drives the engagement chain actuator 213. The synchronized elevator 20 runs in parallel with the conveyance carrier 10 on a part of a running route for the conveyance carrier 10 and changes a supporting position of the support table 14 using the engagement chain unit 30. 【課題】搬送を停止せずに被搬送物の支持高さを変更できる搬送装置を提供する。【解決手段】被搬送物Ｗの支持位置を鉛直方向に沿って変更できる支持台１４を有する搬送台車１０と、相互に噛み合って剛直化部を形成するとともに、相互に噛み外れて分離する一対の噛合チェーンを含む噛合チェーンユニット３０、噛合チェーンユニット３０の剛直化部の先端を鉛直方向に沿って移動させる噛合チェーンアクチュエータ２１３、および噛合チェーンアクチュエータ２１３を駆動する駆動部を有する同期昇降機２０とを備える。同期昇降機２０は、搬送台車１０の走行経路の一部において搬送台車と併走し、噛合チェーンユニット３０によって支持台１４の支持位置を変更する。【選択図】図１