Article accommodation device and article supply device
AssigneeBandai Co., Ltd.
InventorsHajime Kondo, Tatsushi Ikarashi, Nobuo Kurokawa, Yoshihiro Murakami
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Abstract
An article accommodation unit which can be attached to an article supply device, comprises a main body capable of accommodating articles in a state where the articles are laminated; an operation portion provided in the main body; and a lock portion provided in the main body and capable of locking the operation portion so as not to perform a certain operation, wherein the lock portion is configured so as to be able to release a lock of the operation portion on condition that the article accommodation unit is attached to the article supply device.
Claims10
An article accommodation unit which can be attached to an article supply device, comprising:
- a main body configured to accommodatie articles in a state where the articles are laminated;
- an operation portion provided in the main body;
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- a lock portion provided in the main body and including:
- a first projecting portion which projects in a first direction from one end portion thereof,
- a second projecting portion which projects in a second direction which is different from the first direction from another end portion thereof, and
- a biasing portion configured to bias the second projecting portion toward the operation portion such that the second projecting portion is brought in contact with the lock portion by a biasing force of the biasing portion thereby locking the operation portion, when no force is exerted on the first projecting portion,
- wherein the second projection portion of the lock portion is configured to move away from the operation portion against the biasing force, thereby releasing a lock of the operation portion when the article accommodation unit is attached to the article supply device and the first projecting portion is brought into contact with an inner wall of the article supply device such that the force is exerted on the first projecting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.