Conveyance apparatus and boxing system
First Claim
1. A conveyance apparatus for holding and conveying a group of items in a conveyance-direction, comprising:
- a first conveyor, including a first roller, a first conveyance member wound around said first roller, a first items-group holder for conveying the group of items, said first items-group holder having a plurality of partition members that is directly connected to one another via a hinge mechanism, and a first detaching/attaching mechanism disposed between said first conveyance member and said first items-group holder for detachably and reattachably coupling said first items-group holder to said first conveyance member, such that said first items-group holder can be detached from said first conveyance member by merely operating said first detaching/attaching mechanism to detach said first items-group holder from said first conveyance member.
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Abstract
A conveyance apparatus of the present invention holds and conveys a group of items, and includes conveyors and driving devices. The conveyors include first and second conveyance belts, items-group holders, and detaching/attaching devices. The first and second conveyance belts operate around a circulating path. The detaching/attaching devices support the items-group holders, which include a plurality of partition members that partitions and holds the group of items. The plurality of partition members are connected to one another. The detaching/attaching devices render the items-group holders detachable from and attachable to the first and second conveyor belts. In this manner, replacement of the plurality of partition members can be performed easily and quickly.
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15 Claims
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1. A conveyance apparatus for holding and conveying a group of items in a conveyance-direction, comprising:
a first conveyor, including a first roller, a first conveyance member wound around said first roller, a first items-group holder for conveying the group of items, said first items-group holder having a plurality of partition members that is directly connected to one another via a hinge mechanism, and a first detaching/attaching mechanism disposed between said first conveyance member and said first items-group holder for detachably and reattachably coupling said first items-group holder to said first conveyance member, such that said first items-group holder can be detached from said first conveyance member by merely operating said first detaching/attaching mechanism to detach said first items-group holder from said first conveyance member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A conveyance apparatus for holding and conveying a group of items in a conveyance-direction, comprising:
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a first conveyor, including a first roller, a first conveyance member wound around said first roller, a first items-group holder for conveying the group of items, said first items-group holder having a plurality of partition members that is connected to one another, and a first detaching/attaching mechanism disposed between said first conveyance member and said first items-group holder for detachably and reattachably coupling said first items-group holder to said first conveyance member;
a first driving device for driving said first roller;
a detecting device for detecting conveyance of at least one of said plurality of partition members and the group of items and producing a detection signal; and
a control system including memory means operatively coupled to said detecting device to receive the detection signals and store the detection signals as holding parameters, and driving control means operatively coupled to said first driving device to control driving of said first roller based on the holding parameters. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A conveyance apparatus for holding and conveying a group of items in a conveyance-direction, comprising
a first conveyor, including a first roller, a first conveyance member wound around said first roller, a first items-group holder for conveying the group of items, said first items-group holder having a plurality of partition members that is connected to one another, and a first detaching/attaching mechanism disposed between said first conveyance member and said first items-group holder for detachably and reattachably coupling said first items-group holder to said first conveyance member; -
a second conveyor, including a second roller, a second conveyance member wound around said second roller, a second items-group holder for conveying the group of items, said second items-group holder having a plurality of partition members that is connected to one another, and a second detaching/attaching mechanism disposed between said second conveyance member and said second items-group holder for detachably and reattachably coupling said second items-group holder to said second conveyance member;
a first driving device for driving said first roller;
a second driving device for driving said second roller;
a detecting device for detecting conveyance of at least one of said plurality of partition members and the group of items and producing a detection signal; and
a control system including memory means operatively coupled to said detecting device to receive the detection signals and store the detection signals as holding parameters, and driving control means operatively coupled to said first and second driving devices to control driving of said first and second rollers independently based on the holding parameters, said partition members of said first and second items-group holders being divided into a plurality of assemblies of partition members, at least two adjacent assemblies out of said plurality of assemblies being supported by different conveyance members. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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