CONVEYANCE DEVICE

• Main Author: IWASAKI HIROSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 05.03.2015
• Subjects: CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conveyance device where an article is stably and surely supplied even when treating capacity is large.SOLUTION: A conveyance device 2b being disposed at the upper part of a conveyance surface 5 and conveying an article XA1 on the conveyance surface 5 comprises: a sprocket 7 being disposed at an upstream end and having a relatively small diameter; a sprocket 6 being disposed at a downstream end and having a relatively large diameter; an annular chain 9 being applied to the sprockets 6, 7 and running; a plurality of fingers 10 integrating and running with the chain 9 and pushing and sending the article XA1; and a plurality of link mechanisms 11 connecting a plurality of the fingers 10 to the chain 9 respectively. 【課題】処理能力が高い場合であっても、安定して確実に物品を供給する。【解決手段】搬送装置２ｂは、搬送面５の上方に配置され、当該搬送面５上の物品ＸＡ１を搬送する。この搬送装置２ｂは、上流端に配置された相対的に径が小さいスプロケット７と、下流端に配置された相対的に径が大きいスプロケット６と、スプロケット６，７に引っ掛けられて走行する環状のチェーン９と、このチェーン９と共に一体となって走行し、物品ＸＡ１を押送する複数のフィンガー１０と、これら複数のフィンガー１０の各々をチェーン９に連結する複数のリンク機構１１と、を備えている。【選択図】図２