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AssigneesArakawa Kinzoku Co., Ltd.,, Sekisui Plastics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTatsuo Arakawa, Kazunori Nakaya, Koichi Yamazaki
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Provided are an article advancing device and an article arrangement shelf, wherein the article advancing device has a flexible sheet on which articles can be arranged at a condition where the sheet is extended, a roller to which one end of the sheet is fixed and which winds the sheet in the reverse extension direction, a drive means which rotates the roller in the winding direction of the sheet, and a wall member with which the articles in the first row of the articles arranged on the sheet come into contact. When the articles are arranged on the sheet, the article advancing device stops the winding operation of the sheet by the drive means by the contact of the articles in the first row with the wall member. The article advancing device has a simple article advancing function which employs a horizontally extending shelf basically having no incline and which does not require energy, such as electric power, and can be used regardless of the packaging state of the articles.
An article advancing device characterized in that said device comprises a flexible sheet on which articles can be arranged at a condition where said sheet is extended, a roller to which one end of said sheet is fixed and which winds said sheet in a reverse sheet-extension direction, a drive means for rotating said roller in a winding direction of said sheet, and a wall member with which articles present in a first row of said articles arranged on said sheet come into contact, and a winding operation of said sheet by said drive means is stopped by contact of said articles in said first row with said wall member when said articles are arranged on said sheet.
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