Automatic infeed tipper, and apparatus and method for controlling automatic infeed tipper

A method for controlling an automatic infeed tipper, the method being performed by an apparatus for controlling the automatic infeed tipper, the method comprising:

• installing a pallet loaded with multiple articles on the tipper, and controlling an angle of the tipper so that the articles loaded onto the pallet are fed into a conveyor unit;
• sequentially driving a transport conveyor belt and a plurality of tipper-use conveyor belts, which are provided in the conveyor unit, so as to disperse the articles fed into the conveyor unit;
• and
• stopping the driving of the conveyor unit in a reverse order of a driving order in which the conveyor belts in the conveyor unit are driven.

An automatic infeed tipper, comprising:

• an article infeed unit configured to allow a pallet loaded with multiple articles to be installed thereon and to rotate at an angle identical to an angle of the pallet so that the articles, loaded onto the pallet, are fed into the article infeed unit;
• a conveyor unit provided with a transport conveyor belt and a plurality of tipper-use conveyor belts, and configured to transport the articles by adjusting spaces between the fed articles;
• and
• a control unit configured to control driving of the article infeed unit and control driving of the conveyor unit by sequentially accelerating and decelerating the transport conveyor belt and the plurality of tipper-use conveyor belts.