Centering device for objects to be conveyed, and packaging device for packaging materials equipped with same
AssigneeOak Teck Inc.
InventorsAkio Oyama, Kenichi Shibao
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Abstract
An object centering device configured to center a conveyed food container includes a restricting guide member having a pair of guide surfaces facing the food container and configured to be respectively in contact with at least a pair of opposed contact portions. The pair of guide surfaces of the restricting guide member includes front end portions that extend away from each other toward a downstream side of a conveyance direction of the food container. The front end portions are configured such that an angle formed by the pair of guide surfaces is changeable.
Claims6
An object centering device configured to center a conveyed object, the object centering device comprising
- a restricting guide member having a pair of guide surfaces, the pair of guide surfaces facing the object and being configured to be respectively in contact with at least a pair of opposed contact portions of the object, wherein
- the pair of guide surfaces of the restricting guide member has front end portions extending away from each other toward a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the object,
- the front end portions are configured such that an angle formed by the pair of guide surfaces is changeable,
- the front end portions of the restricting guide member are coupled to each other such that a first front guide member and a second front guide member constituting the pair of guide surfaces are allowed to be opened and closed about a first opening/closing shaft,
- a rear end of the first front guide member is coupled and configured to be opened and closed about a second opening/closing shaft, and
- a rear end of the second front guide member is coupled and configured to be opened and closed about a third opening/closing shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.