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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2006
Shoji Yuyama, Osaka, JP;
Akitomi Kohama, Osaka, JP;
Takayuki Fujikawa, Osaka, JP;
Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To dispense an article in a limited space within a tray appropriately with no useless operation, the present invention provides an article dispensing device, including a control means () which calls, from a storage means (), an article map of an article (D) to be dispensed by a dispensing means () and a container map of a container () for accommodating the article (D), which searches for a vacant region by searching each container virtual region of the container map in a predetermined order, which specifies a dispensing position for the article (D) according to the article map, and which drive-controls the dispensing means () based on the specified dispensing position for causing the article (D) held to be accommodated in the container ().