Article conveying and handling system
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsIsamu Matsui, Hiroshi Uchida
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Abstract
A system for conveying and handling articles of different kinds comprising a main conveyor line shared among the articles of different kinds; branch lines especially for the articles of different kinds branched from the main conveyor line and merging again into the main conveyor line; and stations disposed midway of the branched lines for handling the articles of different kinds. The article is a spinning bobbin and the bobbin is conveyed to be fitted and erected on a carrier members.
Claims2
A bobbin conveying and handling system for conveying various kinds of spinning bobbins between a winder and a plurality of bobbin supply stations, each of said spinning bobbins being erected on a respective carrier member, said system comprising:
- a first conveyor for transporting said carrier members bearing spinning bobbin from said supply stations to said winder;
- a second conveyor for transporting said carrier members bearing spinning bobbins from said winder to said supply stations;
- a plurality of branch conveyors for transporting said carrier members from said second conveyor to said first conveyor, each one of said branch conveyors being positioned adjacent a respective one of said supply stations;
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- means adjacent said second conveyor and intermediate said winder and said supply stations for extracting from said carrier members those spinning bobbins having less than a predetermined amount of yarn thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.