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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1992
Shohei Ota, Tokushima, JP;
Haruhiko Sato, Tokushima, JP;
Tetsuya Iuchi, Tokushima, JP;
Masao Nobuta, Tokushima, JP;
Seiji Hashimoto, Tokushima, JP;
Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd., Itano, JP;
Abstract
A container transport conveyor having a plurality of holder plates each including a first segment and a second segment, the first and second segments being arranged side by side in the direction of transport by the conveyor for holding containers therebetween, a pair of first endless chains having the first segments connected therebetween, a pair of second endless chains having the second segments connected therebetween, a pair of first drive sprockets having the respective first endless chains reeved therearound, a pair of second drive sprockets having the respective second endless chains reeved therearound, and means for varying the phase difference between each of the first drive sprockets and each of the second drive sprockets.