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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2003
Masaya Ohiro, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Norikatsu Kushida, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroki Yamamoto, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Uni—Charm Corporation, Ehime-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An article turning-round apparatus includes a rotary table rotated by a first shaft, load-carrying tables mounted on the rotary table along a peripheral zone thereof, a first conveyor serving to convey articles to a first station and a second conveyor serving to convey the articles away from a second station. Each load-carrying table is either a first load-carrying table adapted to rotate counterclockwise or a second load-carrying table adapted to rotate clockwise around its own axis as it moves along with the peripheral zone of the rotary table. The articles are successively loaded, at the first station, on these load-carrying tables. The first load-carrying table is turned counterclockwise approximately by 90° and the second load-carrying table is turned clockwise approximately by 90° in the course of traveling from the first station to the second station.