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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
May. 08, 2001
Hiroshi Yoshimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
Means to sequentially transfer packaged bodies ( ) carried by a conveyor ( ) onto surface plates ( ) rotated at equal intervals along a circular route ( ) and vacuum-package the packaged bodies ( ) in a vacuum chamber formed with cover materials covering the surface plates ( ), wherein the feed pitch of each surface plate ( ) is input into a controller ( ) with pulses from an encoder ( ), and a pitch between the front end sides of packaged matter ( ) inside the packaged bodies is detected by an optical sensor ( ) and input to the controller ( ) so as to control the speed of an adjustment conveyor ( ) according to a pitch displacement of the packaged matter ( ) relative to the pitch between the surface plates ( ).