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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1990
Kunio Nambu, Kyoto, JP;
Nambu Electric Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An article conveying method in which an article are held by a plurality of carriage provided on an endless recirculating distributing conveyer and discharged at a discharge station positioned in the passageway of the conveyer, each carriage including a discharge unit for discharging an article at the discharge station and a holding unit for holding another article until the discharge unit discharges the article, comprising the steps of: shifting the another article held by the holding unit to the discharge unit during the time when the carriage concerned is carried to the next discharge station after the discharge unit discharges the article at the first discharge station to discharge the another article at the next discharge station.