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US 2013/0240328 A1Published application
Guiding apparatus that maintains attitude of suspended object during conveyance
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorsKotaro NUKUI, Satoshi AKIYAMA, Tsutomu FUKUNAGA, Masahiro CHIGASAKI
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Abstract
A guiding apparatus includes a hanger line that continuously conveys hangers that are suspended from the hanger line at predetermined intervals and a guide unit installed in the line and driven in synchronization with the line while holding at least one of the objects, thereby maintaining the attitude of the object and guiding the attitude maintained object along the line.
Claims4
A guiding apparatus comprising:
- a line continuously conveying objects that are suspended from the line at predetermined intervals;
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- a guide unit installed in the line and driven in synchronization with the line while holding at least one of the objects, thereby maintaining the attitude of the object and guiding the attitude maintained object along the line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.