Pallet conveyer
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsShoji Iwamoto, Kazuo Itakura
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Abstract
A pallet conveyer for successively conveying a plurality of pallets to stations arranged in accordance with a sequence of steps to be executed on each of the pallets. The pallet conveyer comprises at least two intermittent conveyers disposed in series with and spaced apart from each other, and a supplementary conveyer mounted removably between the two intermittent conveyers. The intermittent conveyer is associated with at least one work station, and is driven intermittently at a speed and an interval according to location and working time of the associated work station. The supplementary conveyer is driven continuously to convey the pallets from the preceding to the following intermittent conveyer, while absorbing the difference in speed and interval between the two intermittent conveyers.
Claims8
A pallet conveying apparatus for successively conveying a plurality of pallets to work stations which are arranged in accordance with a sequence of steps to be executed on each of said pallets, each of said pallets carrying predetermined work pieces in designated positions thereon, said pallet conveying apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of intermittent conveyers disposed in series with and spaced apart from each other, each of said intermittent conveyers being associated with at least one of said work stations and being driven intermittently at a speed and an interval according to location and working time of said associated work station;
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- a supplementary conveyer disposed between adjacent two of said intermittent conveyers, said supplementary conveyer being driven continuously to convey said pallets from upstream one to downstream one of said two intermittent conveyers, said supplementary conveyer being removably attachable to said intermittent conveyers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.