Title:
BOXING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3657025
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To continuously pack articles in a box without making the articles retain by a method wherein articles which are transferred at random are arranged by making them hit a stopper and stopping them in order, and when the arranged articles have reached a specified quantity, they are transferred to a gripping location of a manipulator in order.
CONSTITUTION: Articles A which are horizontally transferred at random by two rows of carrying conveyors 1, 2 respectively are arranged so as to face the same direction. When the arranged articles A... are gripped by a manipulator 7 and packed in a box, stoppers 3 to receive the articles A are respectively provided at the downstream ends in the article transferring direction of carrying surfaces 1a, 2a of which the carrying directions are directions to approach each other. Also, a quantity-detector 4 is arranged at locations which are away by a specified distance to the upstream sides from the stopper 3. In addition, a stretching means 5 is provided, and either one of the downstream side parts 1a', 2a' of the carrying surfaces is moved and stretched to a gripping position P1. In the meantime, the other is separated from the gripping position P1 and contracted, and the stretching motion is controlled based on the output of the quantity-detector 4.
Inventors:
Fumio Nakamura
Application Number:
JP9513795A
Publication Date:
June 08, 2005
Filing Date:
April 20, 1995
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Tokyo Motor Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
B65B5/08; B65B35/44; B65G21/14; B65G47/30; B65G57/03; B65G61/00; (IPC1-7): B65B35/44; B65B5/08; B65G21/14; B65G47/30; B65G57/03; B65G61/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP51118591A | ||||
| JP2191106A | ||||
| JP35006409B1 | ||||
| JP4279404A | ||||
| JP5046701U | ||||
| JP62161624A | ||||
| JP4339705A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Koji Nagato
Junichi Yamanaka
Junichi Yamanaka