(EN) - 26 - CEILING CARRIER Abstract In order to prevent an article from oscillating or 5 inclining, a ceiling carrier includes: an elevator member including a body part, a gripping part that grips an article P, elastic parts that elastically support the gripping part, and a locking mechanism that creates a lock state which prevents the elastic parts from operating; and a switching 10 part that switches between the lock state and an unlock state of the locking mechanism, the switching part being configured to switch the locking mechanism from the lock state to the unlock state after the article P has been sandwiched between oscillation prevention parts. 15 (FIG. 1)