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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2007
Kouichi Hatano, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Inada, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsuo Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidenori Shirai, Kawasaki, JP;
Kouichi Hatano, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Inada, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsuo Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidenori Shirai, Kawasaki, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An article conveying devicein which a floor surfaceof each of a plurality of fixed floorsis arranged so as to form a descending slope towards a downstream side in a conveying direction with respect to each other, each of a plurality of moving floorsis adjacently arranged on a side in the conveying direction with respect to each fixed floor, and a raising/lowering operation of simultaneously positioning the respective floor surfaceof each moving floorat a high position and a low position with respect to the floor surfaceof the adjacent fixed flooris repeated to arrange the floor surfaceof each moving floorpositioned at the high position so as to form a descending slope towards the downstream side in the conveying direction with respect to each other.