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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Hiroaki Fujihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Mitsuya, Yokohama, JP;
Yukio Asari, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuya Saimei, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
An article sorting apparatus includes a conveying path, a conveyer cell, a loading section, a sorting section and a control device. The conveyer cell includes a belt, a projecting portion and an actuator. The belt forms a setting surface on which an article is set. The projecting portion projects from a surface of the belt. The actuator drives the belt. The conveyer cell moves on the conveying path in a first conveying direction and conveys the article set on the setting surface in a second conveying direction orthogonal to the first conveying direction. The loading section transfers the article to the conveyer cell. The control device, when a size of the article is smaller than a predetermined size and when the loading section transfers the article to the setting surface, controls the actuator to drive the belt such that the projecting portion contacts a lower surface of the article.