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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2010
Seisaku Iwasa, Shiga, JP;
Motoki Takayama, Shiga, JP;
Tatsuya Arimatsu, Shiga, JP;
Yuji Yokota, Shiga, JP;
Seisaku Iwasa, Shiga, JP;
Motoki Takayama, Shiga, JP;
Tatsuya Arimatsu, Shiga, JP;
Yuji Yokota, Shiga, JP;
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A package apparatus includes a first conveyance unit and a second conveyance unit. The first conveyance unit is configured and arranged to convey a plurality of packaged objects in a first conveying direction. The second conveyance unit is provided below the first conveyance unit and configured and arranged to convey the packaged objects in a second conveying direction generally opposite from the first conveying direction. The second conveyance unit is configured and arrange to overlay each of the packaged objects received from the first conveyance unit on an adjacent one of the packaged objects such that the packaged objects are generally oriented in the second conveying direction to form a group of the packaged objects that is conveyed in the second conveying direction on the second conveyance unit.