Transporter/sorter and transport box
First Claim
1. A transporter/sorter comprising a frame having a sorting-out frame and a feeding frame, a guide rail provided inside the frame and in the form of an endless ioop having straight portions and curved portions, and a plurality of transport boxes hung from the guide rail and undergoing excursion along the endless loop path, wherein:
- the transport boxes are configured to receive transport articles fed from a feeding port of an accommodating chamber, wherein the transport-direction width of a feeding space in the accommodating chamber increases toward the feeding port.
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Abstract
A transporter/sorter and a transport box therefore are disclosed. The transporter/sorter 1 comprises a guide rail 50 having straight portions and curved portions and forming an endless loop path, a plurality of transport wagons 30 undergoing excursion along the endless loop path in an inter-coupled state, and transport boxes 20 supported on the transport wagons 30, respectively, in a state of being found on the outer side of the guide rail 50.
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5 Claims
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1. A transporter/sorter comprising a frame having a sorting-out frame and a feeding frame, a guide rail provided inside the frame and in the form of an endless ioop having straight portions and curved portions, and a plurality of transport boxes hung from the guide rail and undergoing excursion along the endless loop path, wherein:
the transport boxes are configured to receive transport articles fed from a feeding port of an accommodating chamber, wherein the transport-direction width of a feeding space in the accommodating chamber increases toward the feeding port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A transporter/sorter comprising a plurality of transport boxes undergoing circulation along an endless loop path and feeding units for feeding transport articles to the transport boxes, wherein each of the feeding units comprises:
- a feeding means for feeding transport boxes to each transport box, and a parallel-driving means for driving the feeding means in parallel with the transport box, wherein the feeding means comprises;
a receiving space for receiving the transport articles while being driven by parallel-driving; and
a transporting/discharging belt provided between a receiving port side and a discharging port side of the receiving space and serving to transport the received transport articles to the discharging port side and discharge the transport articles.
- a feeding means for feeding transport boxes to each transport box, and a parallel-driving means for driving the feeding means in parallel with the transport box, wherein the feeding means comprises;
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