Product diverting mechanism in packaging system
AssigneeIshida Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazumasa Yokota, Yuji Yokota
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Abstract
A product diverting mechanism used in a packaging system, which is effective to increase the speed at which the products are successively diverted, includes a force applicator for applying a force, including a force component acting in a horizontal direction, to the products transported from a preceding station, in a direction transverse to a direction of transport of the products, a suppressor disposed above a transporter for suppressing an upward shift of the products which occurs when the force applicator applies the force to the products, and an elevator for moving the suppressor up and down. The suppressor is lowered during an operation to divert the products so as to contact an upper surface of the products.
Claims18
A product diverting mechanism for diverting products on a transporter in a packaging system for packaging the products that have been transported from a preceding processing station, said product diverting mechanism comprising:
- a force applicator for applying a force, the force including a force component acting in a horizontal direction, to the products being transported, in a direction transverse to a direction of transport of the products;
- a suppressor disposed above the transport means for suppressing an upward shift of the products which occurs when the force applicator applies the force to the products;
- an elevator for moving the suppressor up and down;
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- an elevation controller for controlling the elevator to lower the suppressor to thereby allow the suppressor to be brought into contact with an upper surface of each of the products during diverting of the products.
A product diverting mechanism, for diverting products on a transporter in a packaging system for packaging the products that have been transported from a preceding processing station, said product diverting mechanism comprising:
- a force applicator for applying a force, the force including a force component acting in a horizontal direction, to the products being transported, in a direction transverse to a direction of transport of the products;
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- a suppressor disposed above the transport means for suppressing an upward shift of the products which occurs when the force applicator applies the force to the products;
- said suppressor comprising a movable plate supported by a frame for movement up and down between stand-by and lowered positions and also retractable upwardly when the product is brought to a position immediately beneath the suppressor with the movable plate contacting an upper surface of the product, and wherein when the movable plate is lowered with its undersurface contacting an upper surface of the product, the upward shift of the product is suppressed.
A product diverting mechanism for diverting products on a transporter in a packaging system for packaging the products that have been transported from a preceding processing station, said product diverting mechanism comprising:
- a force applicator for applying a force, the force including a force component acting in a horizontal direction, to the products being transported, in a direction transverse to a direction of transport of the products;
- a suppressor disposed above the transport means for suppressing an upward shift of the products which occurs when the force applicator applies the force to the products;
- an elevator for moving the suppressor up and down;
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- an elevation controller for controlling the elevator to lower the suppressor to thereby allow the suppressor to be brought into contact with an upper surface of each of the products during diverting of the products, wherein the elevation controller is operable to control the elevator to shift the suppressor upwardly to a stand-by position in which the suppressor is not in contact with the products.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.