公开(公告)号：US20240302200A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18595858

申请日：2024-03-05

Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Michio NISHI ,  Mikio KISHIKAWA ,  Toshiharu KAGEYAMA ,  Satoru KAMIGAITO ,  Takahide KASUGAI ,  Kazuteru ODA ,  Hidemasa CHO

IPC: G01G13/22 ,  G01G13/02 ,  G01G21/12

CPC classification number: G01G13/22 ,  G01G13/026 ,  G01G21/12

Abstract: A distribution supply apparatus includes: a distributor configured to receive articles dropped from above and distribute the articles circumferentially; a plurality of conveyors arrayed radially along a circumferential edge of the distributor, the plurality of conveyors each being configured to convey, in a direction away from the distributor, an article received from among the articles from the distributor; a support shaft extending vertically and upward from substantially a center of the distributor; a plate configured to change, in contact with each of the articles to fall, a falling direction of each of the articles; a universal joint coupling a center of the plate and a leading end portion of the support shaft; and a regulator configured to regulate an angle of inclination of the plate that slants based on the universal joint, within a range from an angle at which the plate is horizontal to an angle at which each of the articles falls from the plate in a sliding manner.

公开(公告)号：US20230069688A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-02

申请号：US17821132

申请日：2022-08-19

Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.

Inventor： Ryo ICHIHASHI ,  Mikio KISHIKAWA ,  Yoshiki HORITANI ,  Hidemasa CHO ,  Takahide KASUGAI

IPC: B65G11/16

Abstract: A conveyance apparatus (1) according to an embodiment includes: a trough (11) that receives an article from an outside and conveys the article in a conveyance direction from upstream to downstream; and a drive unit (20) that drives the trough. The trough includes a plurality of protrusions (92) on a front surface (91) on which the article is conveyed, and an opening (91A) passing from the front surface to a back surface (93) is formed at an end (92E) on a downstream side of the plurality of protrusions.