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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2024
Applicant:
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ISHIDA CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/31 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0225 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0241 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
With an article-transfer apparatus as disclosed herein, aligning articles is not hindered even when supply intervals of the articles change. Specifically, in cases where time intervals of bags supplied from upstream to an article-introduction conveyor become short and a control unit judges that the bags will not be able to be aligned (e.g., for packaging) even if they reach an alignment conveyor, an air nozzle of an article-sorting unit sorts the bags off the article-introduction conveyor.