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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2013
Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shoichi Koga, Iwakuni, JP;
Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A product bag unloading apparatus in which two product bags () arranged in a single row in the bag width direction are conveyed on a carry-out conveyor () in a single-row arrangement, with their length direction oriented in the conveyor's conveying direction. The apparatus includes a first chuck () for gripping one product bag (), a second chuck () for gripping the other product bag (), a pivot arm () pivoting through 90 degrees about a fulcrum shaft () with the first chuck () rotatably provided at a free end thereof, and a chuck translation mechanism (parallel linkage mechanism) () maintaining the first chuck () in a constant orientation at all times when the first chuck () is moved between a bag receiving position and a bag release position by the pivot motion of the pivot arm ().