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AssigneeToyo Jidoki Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinichi Hiramoto, Shoichi Koga
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With a use of a transfer rotor that has gripping claws on its circumference, spouts are received by the gripping claws and conveyed and transferred to spout holding members of a continuously rotating rotor. The transfer rotor rotates intermittently 60° in a cycle consisting of stopping, acceleration, constant speed, deceleration and stopping. When the transfer rotor is stopped, spouts are received by gripping claws. During the constant rotation, the gripping claws are matched with the speed of the spout holding members, and the gripping claws and the spout holding members run side by side. During this side-by-side running, the spouts are transferred from the gripping claws to the spout holding members. At a transfer position, the gripping claws open, and the spouts move along a guide member as the spout holding members rotate, so that the spouts are pushed into the interiors of holding grooves of the spout holding members.
A spout transfer method which uses a transfer rotor that has a plurality of spout transfer means disposed on its circumference, wherein said transfer rotor receives spouts using said spout transfer means and conveys said spouts and transfers said spouts to a plurality of spout holding members disposed on a circumference of a continuously rotating rotor, and wherein:
A spout transfer apparatus which receives spouts positioned in a specified position, conveys said spouts and transfers said spouts to a plurality of spout holding members which are disposed on a circumference of a continuously rotating working rotor, said spout transfer apparatus comprising:
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