Lid-closing apparatus and lid-closing method
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazunori HIRATA
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Abstract
A lid tilted with a first end thereof facing downward in a gravity direction is brought into partial contact with a first end of a container body having an opening and a peripheral portion surrounding the opening, the first end of the container body being included in the peripheral portion and corresponding to the first end of the lid. The lid kept in partial contact with the first end of the peripheral portion of the container body is slid to a position where the first end of the lid is a contact portion at which the lid makes contact with the container body and where the first end of the lid is in contact with the first end of the peripheral portion of the container body. Thus, the container body is closed with the lid covering the opening of the container body.
Claims10
A lid-closing apparatus comprising:
- a lid holder configured to hold a lid and move the lid;
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- a control unit configured to control the holding and movement of the lid by the lid holder, wherein
- the control unit performs the control of the holding and movement of the lid by the lid holder in such a manner that:
- the lid holder holds the lid;
- the lid tilted with a first end thereof facing downward in a gravity direction is brought into partial contact with a first end of a container body having an opening and a peripheral portion surrounding the opening, the first end of the container body being included in the peripheral portion and corresponding to the first end of the lid;
- the lid kept in partial contact with the first end of the peripheral portion of the container body is slid to a position where the first end of the lid is a contact portion at which the lid makes contact with the container body and where the first end of the lid is in contact with the first end of the peripheral portion of the container body;
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- the container body is closed with the lid covering the opening of the container body.
A lid-closing method for placing a lid in a position where the lid covers an opening of a container body and closing the container body with the lid,
- the lid-closing method comprising:
- a contacting step of bringing the lid tilted with a first end thereof facing downward in a gravity direction into partial contact with a first end of the container body, the first end of the container body being included in a peripheral portion surrounding the opening, the first end of the container body corresponding to the first end of the lid;
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- a sliding step of sliding the lid kept in partial contact with the first end of the peripheral portion of the container body to a position where the first end of the lid is a contact portion at which the lid makes contact with the container body and is in contact with the first end of the peripheral portion of the container body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.