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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Yamagata, Iwakuni, JP;
Shinobu Nishiguchi, Iwakuni, JP;
Yasuyuki Honda, Iwakuni, JP;
Kazuo Fukunaga, Iwakuni, JP;
Manabu Morino, Iwakuni, JP;
TOYO JIDOKI CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus of supplying a bag are provided in which position information on a bag width in a direction parallel to a conveyance path at a part in a neighborhood of a bag opening of a conveyed bag and position information on a center of the bag width are obtained, an intermittent conveyance distance of a conveyance unit is adjusted based on the position information on the center of the bag width so that the center of the bag width of the bag stopping at a takeoff position is placed on a reference plane, and an interval of the pair of holding members positioned at the takeoff position is adjusted based on the position information on the bag width.