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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Ryoji Nishimura, Ritto, JP;
Mikio Kishikawa, Ritto, JP;
Shigetoshi Hatta, Ritto, JP;
Michihiko Yonetsu, Ritto, JP;
ISHIDA CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Problem To improve the efficiency of a combination weighing operation. An article conveyance device 110 includes an article discharge container, an article conveyance mechanism, an article detection mechanism, and a control unit. The containerhas outletsto discharge articles A. The article conveyance mechanismhas feedersincluding a first feederto an n-th feederconfigured to convey the articles A. The article detection mechanismhas sensorsincluding a first sensorto an n-th sensorconfigured to detect the articles A in the first feederto the n-th feeder, respectively. The control unitjudges whether jamming of the articles A is occurring in the outletsbased on output of the article detection mechanism. The control unitincreases a conveyance intensity of some feeders receiving the articles A from places where the jamming is occurring in the outlets