Supply apparatus
AssigneeIshida Co., Ltd.
InventorToshiharu Kageyama
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Abstract
A supply apparatus (10) includes: a blocker (13) disposed at a fork (12) between a main conveyance path (11), a first conveyance path (12A), and a second conveyance path (12B), the blocker (13) making a switch between a first state where supply of articles from the main conveyance path (11) to the first conveyance path (12A) is blocked and a second state where supply of the articles from the main conveyance path (11) to the second conveyance path (12B) is blocked; and a controller (20) that transitions, based on respective conditions of supply of the articles to two adjacent combination weighing mechanisms (1A, 1B), the blocker (13) into at least either the first state or the second state to switch a route of conveyance of the articles.
Claims5
A supply apparatus for supplying articles to two adjacent combination weighing mechanisms, each of the two adjacent combination mechanisms including an independent distribution table, the supply apparatus comprising:
- a conveyer including:
- a main conveyance path extending in a direction orthogonal to a straight line connecting respective centers of the two independent distribution tables;
- a first conveyance path connected continuously to the main conveyance path, the first conveyance path allowing the articles to be supplied to one of the two independent distribution tables;
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- a second conveyance path allowing the articles to be supplied to another of the two independent distribution tables;
- a blocker disposed at a fork between the main conveyance path, the first conveyance path, and the second conveyance path, the blocker making a switch between a first state where supply of the articles from the main conveyance path to the first conveyance path is blocked and a second state where supply of the articles from the main conveyance path to the second conveyance path is blocked;
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- a controller that transitions, based on a supply condition of the articles to the two adjacent combination weighing mechanisms, the blocker into at least either the first state or the second state to switch a route of conveyance of the articles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.