Abstract: A storage shelf installed on a side of a track, to and from which an article is delivered by a lateral transfer mechanism of an overhead transport vehicle traveling in the track in a traveling direction, includes a stopper configured to come into contact with a part of the lateral transfer mechanism having moved by a predetermined amount or more in a lateral direction perpendicular to the traveling direction.

Abstract: A transported object storage system includes: a transporting carriage traveling along a track and transporting objects each having a gripped portion; a transported object storage rack having a rack board; a positioning plate on the rack board and on which the transported objects are put, having a plurality of groups of projections, each of the groups supporting respective one of the transported objects by engaging with a group of concave portions formed on a bottom surface of the respective one of the transported objects; and a plurality of code informations attached at predetermined intervals of the track. The transporting carriage is provided with a code information reading device for reading the plurality of code informations, a gripper for gripping the gripped portion and (iii) a correcting device for correcting a stop position of the transporting carriage along the track.