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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2005
Toshiyuki Komatsu, Nara, JP;
Yukio Wakasa, Takatsuki, JP;
Toshiyuki Komatsu, Nara, JP;
Yukio Wakasa, Takatsuki, JP;
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A transport apparatus that enables a trough to be easily removed in one step, and a combination weighing apparatus provided with the same are provided. The transport apparatus includes a trough and a reciprocating movement mechanism, and is configured to convey an article placed in the trough in a predetermined direction. The reciprocating movement mechanism includes a motor box, and a support member. The trough has one of a protruding part and a depressed part, while the support member had the other of the protruding part and the depressed part. The motor is configured to move the trough via the support member along the conveyance direction such that the trough moves faster in a direction opposite the conveyance direction than in the conveyance direction. The protruding part is removably connected to the depressed part.