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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1993
Toshihiko Miura, Yokohama, JP;
Ryohei Yamamoto, Ueno, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An article delivery box for accommodating long articles includes an outer box having a bottom portion, which is formed to include through-holes, and upper side which is open, and a bottom-rest member laid upon a bottom surface of the outer box and formed to have projections that penetrate the through-holes and holding portions for holding lower ends of the articles. An article supply method using this article delivery box includes the steps of supplying article delivery boxes to continuous supplying units for supplying the article delivery boxes to the prescribed working location one box at a time, retaining and positioning the articles relative to the bottom-rest member of the article delivery box by a box supply member having a positioning member for performing positioning by acting upon the projections of the: bottom-rest member, and successively extracting articles by article extracting units after the articles have been positioned and retained.