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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2011
Kazuo Itoh, Kasai, JP;
Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Hyogo, JP;
Masaki Tanaka, Himeji, JP;
Makoto Mitsuyoshi, Kakogawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Tachibana, Himeji, JP;
Michiyuki Yamanaka, Kasai, JP;
Kazuo Itoh, Kasai, JP;
Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Hyogo, JP;
Masaki Tanaka, Himeji, JP;
Makoto Mitsuyoshi, Kakogawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Tachibana, Himeji, JP;
Michiyuki Yamanaka, Kasai, JP;
Itoh Denki Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A transfer device including a main conveyor part having a first conveying surface and a subsidiary conveyor part having a second conveying surface and arranged at the same area as the main conveyor part, the main conveyor part being designed to convey an article placed on the first conveying surface in one conveying direction, the subsidiary conveyor part being designed to convey an article placed on the second conveying surface in another direction transverse to the conveying direction of the main conveyor part, the main conveyor part and/or the subsidiary conveyor part being a roller conveyor having rollers, at least one of the rollers being a braking roller equipped with a brake, and the brake being designed to prevent the article from proceeding at least to the direction transverse to the conveying direction of the roller conveyor by a frictional force acting between the article and the braking roller.