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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1993
Yoichi Horikawa, Toyama, JP;
Yoshida Kogyo K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a tray conveying apparatus, a supply path and a discharge path are situated on the upper and lower sides, respectively, of the apparatus. The stocking, waiting, switching and collecting stations are arranged one under the other in order on the base-end side of the supply path. The waiting station is situated on the supply path, while the switching station is situated on the discharge path. The working station is situated on the front-end side of the supply path, and the shunting station is situated under the working station on the discharge path. Each of the stocking, waiting, switching, working and shunting stations is so constructed as to support and release the tray. The collecting station is vertically movable by the separating lifter, and the receiving plate under the shunting station is vertically movable by the transferring lifter.