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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Kurashiki Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha, Okayama, JP;
Daisuke Nakajima, Osaka, JP;
Hideaki Hikawa, Osaka, JP;
KURASHIKI BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Okayama, JP;
Abstract
An article supply device has: a transport part that transports transported objects, and a movable block. The movable block is provided with a storage part that can store one of the transported objects in a reception position that communicates with a downstream end of the transport part. The movable block is capable of reciprocal movement in a direction that intersects the reception direction of the transported object. At one end of the reciprocal movement, the storage part is in the reception position. At the other end of the reciprocal movement, the storage part is in a dispensation or retrieval position from which the transported object can be dispensed or retrieved.