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1. An article storage facility including an inspection apparatus, the article storage facility comprising:
a plurality of storage sections each including a placement support portion on which is placed and supported a transport container having a supply port for an inactive gas formed at a bottom portion thereof, the transport container provided for accommodating a number of substrates that is less than or equal to a predetermined number of substrates in a sealed state, the storage sections being capable of storing the transport containers in a state in which the transport containers are supported on the placement support portions; an inactive gas supply portion including a supply nozzle that is a nozzle provided in the placement support portion, and that is joined to the supply port by a self weight of the transport container supported on the placement support portion so as to inject the inactive gas to an interior of the transport container, and an inspection apparatus for inspecting a state of supply of the inactive gas by the inactive gas supply portion in a state in which the inspection apparatus is supported on the placement support portion, wherein the placement support portion includes a plurality of support member-side connecting portions provided with the supply nozzle or a discharge nozzle for releasing the inactive gas from the interior of the transport container, and a plurality of engaging portions engageable with the bottom portion of the transport container, and wherein the inspection apparatus comprises: an inspection supply port that is joined to the supply nozzle by a self weight of the inspection apparatus supported on the placement support portion, a plate-shaped element supported only by the plurality of support member-side connecting portions and the plurality of engaging portions with the inspection apparatus being supported on the placement support portion, and a flowmeter, an inspection controller, and a battery mounted on the plate-shaped element, and wherein the inspection apparatus is configured such that a gravity center position of the inspection apparatus in a direction along a horizontal plane in the state in which the inspection apparatus is supported on the placement support portion coincides with a gravity center position of the transport container in a direction along a horizontal plane in the state in which the transport container is supported on the placement support portion. |
