Molded article supply apparatus
AssigneeNissei Asb Machine Co., Ltd.
InventorYuta Nishio
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Abstract
A molded article supply apparatus is provided in a transport device 30 having transport members 20 on which molded articles 1 having mouths 2 are held in an inverted state, with the mouths 2 facing downward, and which are provided with rod members 22 to be inserted into the molded articles 1; and a transport path 31 on which the transport members 20 are continuously transported. The molded article supply apparatus comprises a supply unit 110 disposed above the transport path 31, for holding the molded articles 1 at predetermined intervals and lowering the molded articles 1, while transporting the molded articles 1 in synchronization with movement of the transport members 20, to supply the molded articles 1 to the transport members 20.
Claims7
A molded article supply apparatus provided in a transport device, the transport device having transport members on which molded articles having a wide mouth structure are held in an inverted state, with the mouths facing downward, and which are provided with rod members to be inserted into the molded articles;
- and a transport path on which the transport members are continuously transported,
- the molded article supply apparatus comprising:
- a supply unit disposed above the transport path, for holding the molded wide mouth articles in an inverted state, with the mouths facing downward, at predetermined intervals and lowering the molded wide mouth articles, while transporting the molded articles in synchronization with movement of the transport members, to supply the molded wide mouth articles to the transport members;
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- a slide transport unit for slidingly transporting the molded wide mouth article to the holding portion, wherein the supply unit has a second elevating/lowering portion for temporarily raising the second support member to a position above the molded wide mouth article in a delivery region where the molded wide mouth article is delivered from the slide transport unit to the holding portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.