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US 12,623,872 B2Granted
Feeding device, transporting device, and processing system
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsKatsumi Tanaka, Raita Doi, Teisuke Yanagawa, Tomokazu Kurita
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Abstract
A feeding device includes: a loading portion that is disposed on a downstream side of a transporting path in a transporting direction and that loads a transporting target, which is transported through the transporting path, on a loading surface inclined with respect to a horizontal direction; and a feeding unit that feeds the transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface.
Claims13
A feeding device comprising:
- a loading member having a loading surface inclined with respect to a horizontal direction, wherein the loading member is disposed on a downstream side of a transporting path in a transporting direction and configured to load a transporting target, which is transported through the transporting path;
- and
- a feeding mechanism configured to feed the transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface,
- wherein the loading member is capable of loading, as the transporting target, a first transporting target and a second transporting target, which has a larger dimension along a feeding direction than a dimension of the first transporting target, and
- the feeding mechanism includes
- a first transporting portion that transports the first transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface while sucking a lower side of the first transporting target on a downstream end side in the feeding direction, and
- a second transporting portion that is disposed on a downstream side of the first transporting portion in the feeding direction and that transports the second transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface while sucking a lower side of the second transporting target on a downstream end side in the feeding direction,
- wherein the second transporting portion transports the first transporting target transported from the first transporting portion, and
- the first transporting portion stops suction in a state in which the second transporting portion transports the first transporting target.
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A transporting device comprising:
- a feeding device, comprising:
- a loading member having a loading surface inclined with respect to a horizontal direction, wherein the loading member is disposed on a downstream side of a transporting path in a transporting direction and configured to load a transporting target, which is transported through the transporting path;
- and
- a feeding mechanism configured to feed the transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface;
- a first transporting path as the transporting path for transporting a transporting target, which is transported from a pre-processing apparatus, to the loading member of the feeding device;
- a second transporting path for transporting the transporting target, which is fed from the feeding device, to a post-processing apparatus;
- and
- a third transporting path that transports the transporting target, which is transported from the pre-processing apparatus, to the second transporting path by bypassing the feeding device.
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A feeding device comprising:
- a loading means that has a loading surface inclined with respect to a horizontal direction and is disposed on a downstream side of a transporting path in a transporting direction and that loads a transporting target, which is transported through the transporting path;
- and
- a feeding means for feeding the transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface,
- wherein the loading means is capable of loading, as the transporting target, a first transporting target and a second transporting target, which has a larger dimension along a feeding direction than a dimension of the first transporting target, and
- the feeding means includes
- a first transporting portion that transports the first transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface while sucking a lower side of the first transporting target on a downstream end side in the feeding direction, and
- a second transporting portion that is disposed on a downstream side of the first transporting portion in the feeding direction and that transports the second transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface while sucking a lower side of the second transporting target on a downstream end side in the feeding direction,
- wherein the second transporting portion transports the first transporting target transported from the first transporting portion, and
- the first transporting portion stops suction in a state in which the second transporting portion transports the first transporting target.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.