ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE

• Main Author: MURAKAMI KEIICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 14.10.2021
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; CONVEYING; HAND TOOLS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; MANIPULATORS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

To provide an article supply device for easily maintaining a conveyance device.SOLUTION: An article supply device 1 comprises: a delivery conveyor 10 which is installed above a lower side film 111 and conveys an article 2; a transfer machine 20 installed at a side of the lower side film 111; a first hood 30 housing the transfer machine 20 at the side of the lower side film 111; and a second hood 40 provided adjacent to the first hood 30 so as to cover the lower side film 111 from an upper side thereof. The second hood 40 is provided movably from a united position where internal spaces of the first hood 30 and the second hood 40 are integrated together to a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the lower side film 111, and, when the second hood 40 is positioned at the united position, a downstream end of the delivery conveyor 10 is housed in the second hood 40, and, when the second hood 40 is moved from the united position to the downstream side in the conveyance direction, the delivery conveyor 10 is exposed to the outside of the second hood 40.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】搬送装置のメンテナンスが容易な物品供給装置を提供する。【解決手段】物品供給装置１は、下側フィルム１１１の上方に設置され、物品２を搬送する払い出しコンベヤ１０と、下側フィルム１１１の側方に設置された移載機２０と、下側フィルム１１１の側方において移載機２０を収容した第１フード３０と、下側フィルム１１１をその上から覆うようにして第１フード３０に隣接して設けられた第２フード４０と、を備える。第２フード４０は、第１フード３０及び第２フード４０の内部空間同士が一体化した合体位置から下側フィルム１１１の搬送方向下流側に移動可能に設けられ、第２フード４０が合体位置に位置した場合に、払い出しコンベヤ１０の下流端部が第２フード４０内に収容され、第２フード４０が合体位置から搬送方向下流側に移動した場合に、払い出しコンベヤ１０が第２フード４０の外に露出される。【選択図】図２