Title:
DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING SPHERICAL BODY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3076542
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To read the identifying information of a spherical body with high accuracy in a short time.
SOLUTION: A ball 1 which is a spherical body having the identifying information such as a bar code, is charged to a lead-in path 12 of a down slope to be guided to an identifying discharge path 12b. The ball 1 is captured by a cutout part 20a of a rotor 20, to be forcibly transferred in a travelling direction while rotated by the rotation of the rotor 20, the turning force is simultaneously given thereto in a direction perpendicular to the travelling direction by the rotation of a pair of parallel rollers 18a, 18b, so that the ball 1 is rotated in a state that the rotating directions are complicatedly changed. During the rotation, the bar code on the surface of the ball 1 is read by a bar code reader 22 mounted on an upper part, and the ball 1 is discharged in the travelling direction by the further more rotation of the rotor 20.
Inventors:
Koji Takahashi
Akihiko Uchida
Akihiko Uchida
Application Number:
JP31039797A
Publication Date:
August 14, 2000
Filing Date:
November 12, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Cosmo EC Co., Ltd.
Mamiya-OP Co., Ltd.
Mamiya-OP Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
A63B47/00; A63B69/36; B07C99/00; (IPC1-7): A63B69/36; A63B47/00; B07C9/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP7112045A | ||||
| JP67490A | ||||
| JP5115583A | ||||
| JP629571U |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Ohsawa