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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1984
Kozo Taneda, Kodaira, JP;
Masae Chiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Junichi Naka, Tokyo, JP;
Shunichi Watanabe, Machida, JP;
Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd., Sapporo, JP;
Abstract
A transport apparatus in which a block of a plurality of flat articles, aligned uprightly and juxtaposed laterally, is transported by air flow through a transport pipeline, which comprises the pipeline, which is inclined upwards in a direction of transport at a loading station of the pipeline and stands uprightly to terminate in a downward opening at an unloading station, a push member, which is movable in the longitudinal direction of the pipeline and has an air pipe, is provided at a rear end of the pipeline, and a band, which is provided near the downward opening and actuated by an air supply means to project toward the center of the downward opening.