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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2024
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Toshiharu Kageyama, Ritto, JP;
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A supply apparatus () includes: a blocker () disposed at a fork () between a main conveyance path (), a first conveyance path (A), and a second conveyance path (B), the blocker () making a switch between a first state where supply of articles from the main conveyance path () to the first conveyance path (A) is blocked and a second state where supply of the articles from the main conveyance path () to the second conveyance path (B) is blocked; and a controller () that transitions, based on respective conditions of supply of the articles to two adjacent combination weighing mechanisms (A,B), the blocker () into at least either the first state or the second state to switch a route of conveyance of the articles.