Tray conveyor apparatus
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsOsamu Nakagawa, Takashi Nakagawa
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Abstract
A tray conveyor apparatus for conveying a bobbin loaded on a tray while tilting the axis of the tray from a vertical position to a horizontal position and vice versa, having a first guide for guiding the neck of the tray off a support body which supports the bottom face of the base of the tray near a tilting point and a second guide for guiding the base of the tray between the first guide and the support body. The bobbin being carried on the conveyor of the aforesaid constitution is tilted by a curved guide while being guided at the base of the peg tray and at the neck supporting the bobbin and being supported by the support body. On the underground runway, therefore, the bobbin travels in the horizontal state.
Claims6
An apparatus for conveying a tray loaded with a bobbin, the tray comprising a base and a neck, the neck having an outer periphery and the base having an outer periphery, the apparatus comprising:
- a support body defining a tilting site at which the tray is tilted from a substantially vertical orientation to a substantially horizontal orientation,
- first guide means for guiding the outer periphery of the neck of the tray in the vicinity of the tilting site, and
- second guide means in spaced relationship with the first guide means and with the support body for guiding the outer periphery of the base of the tray in the vicinity of the tilting site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.