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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2017
Furukawa Industrial Machinery Systems Co., Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Hiromi Katamata, Oyama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, Oyama, JP;
Ayumu Yokomaku, Oyama, JP;
Akihisa Fujikake, Oyama, JP;
Atsushi Fujita, Kobe, JP;
Furukawa Industrial Machinery Systems Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A conveyor apparatus includes an endless conveyor belt wound around outgoing path side guide pulleys in turn along a helical conveyance path in a bent state where the belt is folded in two in a width direction such that an upper edge portion thereof is supported by the outgoing path side guide pulleys, and wound around returning path side guide pulleys in turn along the helical conveyance path in the bent state where the belt is folded in two in the width direction such that the upper edge portion is supported by the returning path side guide pulleys, and folded back at each turning positions of a horizontal conveyance unit located at an upper side and a horizontal conveyance unit located at a lower side of the support frame and being in an expanded state where the belt expanded in the width direction in a vicinity of the turning position.