JP2021123385A - Carrier device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a carrier device capable of securely supplying a supply article for an article even if the supply article has creases.SOLUTION: A carrier device comprises: a guide part 7 which guides an article 2 in a carrying direction; a supply part 16 which guides a supply article 3 different from the article 2 to above or below the article 2 one over the other; and a press member 21 which is sent in the carrying direction, wherein the press member 21 is configured to simultaneously push the article 2 guided by the guide part 7 and the supply article 3 guided by the supply part 16 in vertical arrangement in the carrying direction to push and carry the article 2 and the supply article 3 one over the other downstream of the guide part 7 or the supply part 16, and is provided with a push part 17 which is arranged apart from a supply surface 18 of the supply part 16 where the supply article 3 is placed by a predetermined length based on a thickness of the supply article 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a transport device for transporting an article to an article packaging section.

Patent Document 1 describes this type of transport device. The transport device of Patent Document 1 includes a guide portion that guides an article, a supply article dropping device that is arranged above the guide portion and drops a supply article different from the article onto the article, and a pressing member (also referred to as an attachment). , It is provided with a fall-out prevention member, and is configured to transport the article to the article packaging section provided on the downstream side of the guide section for packaging the article.

The guide unit includes a pair of guide plates arranged at predetermined intervals in the width direction, which is a direction orthogonal to the horizontal plane in the transport direction. The pressing member and the drop-out prevention member enter the gaps at the predetermined intervals in the front-rear direction in the transport direction to prevent the supplied article dropped on the article from falling from the supplied article dropping device, and convey the article to the article packaging section. do.

In the configuration of Patent Document 1, when the article is conveyed downstream by the guide portion, the article is boosted by the pressing member, and the supplied article dropped onto the article from the supplied article dropping device is also supported by the pressing member. Be boosted.

In this case, the article includes dried noodles, and the supplied article includes a sachet containing soup and spices for dried noodles. A plurality of types such as soup and spices are separately sealed in the pouch via a sealing means (for example, a welding seal).

Japanese Patent No. 6364513

By the way, if the above-mentioned sachet is illustrated as an example of a supply article, a plurality of kinds such as soup and spice are separately sealed via, for example, a welding seal. However, it is conceivable that the pouch is bent at the welded seal portion to cause more or less bending habits.

Then, when there is a pouch on the dried noodles and the rear end portion of the pouch to be boosted is raised by the crease, when these are boosted by the pressing member, the amount of the pouch that is raised by the crease. However, the position of the pouch with respect to the dried noodles shifts backward, and as a result, the pouch easily falls off the dried noodles.

It should be noted that such a problem is not limited to a pouch for an article, but is also the same for sheets and papers that have a habit.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a transport device capable of reliably supplying a supplied article to the supplied article even if the supplied article has a habit.

In the present invention, a guide unit for guiding an article in a transport direction, a supply unit for guiding a supply article different from the article so as to overlap the upper side or the lower side of the article, and a pressing member fed in the transport direction are provided. The pressing member simultaneously pushes the article guided by the guide portion and the supply article guided by the supply portion in the transport direction in an vertically arranged arrangement, and the guide portion or the downstream side of the supply portion. The article is configured to be pushed and conveyed in a state where the article and the supply article are stacked one above the other, and the thickness dimension of the supply article with respect to the supply surface on which the supply article is placed in the supply section. It is characterized in that the holding portions are provided so as to be separated by a predetermined length based on the above.

According to the transport device of the present invention having the above configuration, the pressing member fed in the transport direction causes the article to be fed in the transport direction by the guide unit, and the supply unit feeds the supplied article in the transport direction to the guide unit or the guide unit. On the downstream side of the supply unit, the article and the supply article are vertically overlapped and pushed and conveyed. Here, in the supplied article guided by the supply unit, even if a crease occurs, the folded portion is pressed by the presser portion so as to stand up due to the crease, so that the crease is corrected. Supplies can be stacked on top of the article.

The present invention includes a supply chute that feeds the supplied article on the supply surface, the presser portion has a predetermined length in the transport direction, and the upstream side presser end portion in the length direction of the presser portion is the supply. The configuration may be such that the supply article that has fallen from the chute onto the supply surface is located at the downstream end of the drop position on the supply surface.

According to the transport device having the above configuration, as soon as the supplied article falls from the supply chute to the supply surface, the bending habit of the supplied article can be corrected at the pressing end on the upstream side of the pressing portion, so that the supplied article is temporarily folded. Even if you have a habit, you can definitely correct the habit.

In the present invention, the supply portion is arranged substantially parallel to the upper side of the guide portion, the downstream end is configured to be in the middle position in the transport direction of the guide portion, and the downstream side press end in the length direction of the presser portion. The portion may be configured to extend further downstream than the downstream side of the supply surface.

According to the transport device having the above configuration, when the supplied article is sent from the supply section and is about to fall from the downstream end thereof to the article on the guide portion, the downstream end of the holding portion is from the downstream end of the supply surface. Since it extends to the downstream side, it is possible to guide the fall while correcting the bending habit of the supplied article.

According to the transport device according to the present invention, even if the supplied article has a habit, the supplied article can be reliably supplied to the article.

It is a side view of the transport device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a side view of the supplied article dropping device and the supplied article straightening device. It is a side view which shows the detail of the main part. FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line YY in FIG. It is a YY line arrow view in FIG. 3 showing another embodiment.

Hereinafter, the transport device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the transport device 1 has a function of transporting a set (hereinafter, referred to as a set product) 4 of the article 2 and the supplied article 3 to the article packaging unit 10.

Examples of the article 2 include dried noodles, and examples of the supplied article 3 include sachets in which contents such as soup for dried noodles and spices are separately enclosed. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the pouch is separately filled with contents such as soup and spices via a sealing means (for example, a welding seal) 5. In the present embodiment, the supply article 3 is formed in a rectangular shape.

Returning to FIG. 1, the transport device 1 guides the divided supply unit 6B for handling the articles 2 one by one, the receiving conveyor 6 for receiving the articles 2 one by one, and the articles 2 toward the downstream side. The unit 7 includes a supply article dropping device 8 that guides the supply article 3 toward the downstream side, and a supply article correction device 9 located on the downstream side of the supply article dropping device 8.

The split supply unit 6B, the receiving conveyor 6, the guide unit 7, and the article packaging unit 10 are arranged in this order toward the downstream side. The divided surface 6b of the divided supply unit 6B, the receiving surface 6a of the receiving conveyor 6, the guide surface 7a of the guide unit 7, and the packaging surface 10a of the article packaging unit 10 are surfaces having the same height. The supplied article dropping device 8 is arranged above the guide portion 7 (guide surface 7a).

The transport device 1 has a plurality of attachments (pressing members) 21 for sending the article 2 to the downstream side or the article 2 and the supplied article 3 to the downstream side, and a drive device 22 for driving each attachment 21 in the transport direction. , Further prepare.

The details of the supply article dropping device 8 will be described with reference to FIG. The supplied article dropping device 8 is arranged in the middle of the transport direction above the guide surface 7a of the guide unit 7.

The supply article dropping device 8 drops the supply article 3 divided into small pieces one by one between the cutting portion 11 that cuts a predetermined position of the supply article 3 that is continuous in a long length and the guide surface 7a and the cutting portion 11. The supply chute 13 is provided.

The supply chute 13 has an inclined surface 13a inclined diagonally downward on the downstream side, a discharge port 13b parallel to the downstream side to the downstream side of the inclined surface 13a, and a supply article 3 in the width direction on the inclined surface 13a and the discharge port 13b. Is provided with a horizontal guide 14 for preventing the feed. Further, the supply chute 13 is a separate chute for dropping the long supply article 3 as a defective supply article 3 by a route different from the supply chute 13 when the long supply article 3 is not cut at a predetermined position. It has 15. The separate chute 15 is adjacent to the upstream side of the supply chute 13.

The supply chute 13 and the separate chute 15 are movable in the transport direction. That is, the supply chute 13 and the separate chute 15 are movable in the transport direction with respect to the cut position of the supply article 3. And usually, the supply chute 13 is arranged below the cut position.

The supply article dropping device 8 processes the long supply article 3 before guiding the supply article 3 toward the downstream side. In this case, the supply article dropping device 8 cuts the long continuous supply article 3 into the supply article 3 in which a set of contents of soup and spice is sealed by the cutting portion 11, and cuts the supply article 3. The supply article 3 is dropped onto the inclined surface 13a of the supply chute 13, and the supply article 3 in which the next set of contents is sealed is dropped onto the inclined surface 13a of the supply chute 13 to be discharged. Discharge from outlet 13b. A gap for sending the attachment 21 to the downstream side is provided at the center of the discharge port 13b in the width direction. Then, when the supplied article 3 that is not cut at a predetermined position is detected, the separate chute 15 is controlled to move to the downstream side.

The supply article straightening device 9 is provided above the guide surface 7a and on the downstream side of the discharge port 13b of the supply chute 13. The supply article straightening device 9 includes a main guide portion 16 as a supply portion arranged below and on which the supply article 3 is placed, and a pressing portion 17 arranged above and pressing a folded and raised portion of the supply article 3. ..

As shown in FIGS. It is equipped with a side guide 19 erected in. The side guide 19 is fixed to a side plate (not shown) of the transport device 1. The supply surface 18 is a flat surface in the horizontal direction, and a gap δ2 for sending the attachment 21 to the downstream side is provided at the center in the width direction. Further, the discharge port 13b of the supply chute 13 is arranged in the width direction of the main guide portion 16, and the discharge port 13b is arranged directly above the supply surface 18.

Returning to FIG. 1, the upstream end 16a of the main guide portion 16 is located on the upstream side of the discharge port 13b, and the downstream end 16b of the main guide portion 16 is arranged on the downstream side of the discharge port 13b. In the main guide portion 16, assuming that the straightening portion 20 is on the downstream side of the discharge port 13b, the pressing portion 17 is arranged on the upper side of the straightening portion 20.

As shown in FIG. 4, the pressing portion 17 includes two plate bodies parallel to the side surface guide 19 and a holding member 26 connecting the plate body and the side surface guide 19. A pair of pressing portions 17 are provided so as to be separated from each other in the width direction, and in the present embodiment, the pressing portions 17 are provided so as to face each other on one side and the other side in the width direction so that the attachment 21 is located at the center position. Further, the pressing portion 17 is arranged so that the plate body stands upright with respect to the supply surface 18, so that the downstream edge portion of the plate body is arranged so as to face the supply surface 18.

Each holding portion 17 is arranged on the downstream side with respect to the discharge port 13b of the supply chute 13. When viewed from the side, the pressing portion 17 is integrally composed of a rectangular pressing portion main body 27 and a notch portion 28 arranged on the upstream side of the pressing portion main body 27. The notch 28 is formed with a notch 28a formed downward, and the notch 28a is formed by notching the lower part on the front side (upstream side), and is formed toward the upstream side so as to be continuous with the lower surface of the holding portion main body 27. It is tilted upward.

That is, the downstream edge portion of the pressing portion 17 is a parallel edge portion 17c that is parallel to the supply surface 18 in the transport direction, and an inclined edge portion that is continuous with the upstream side of the parallel edge portion 17c and is inclined upward toward the upstream side. It is composed of 28b. The pressing portion main body 27 has a parallel edge portion 17c, and the notch portion 28a has an inclined edge portion 28b. The parallel edge portion 17c is a pressing edge portion that holds down the supplied article 3 having a habit. Further, the inclined edge portion 28b is a guide edge portion that guides the supplied article 3 to the pressing edge portion.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower surface 17b of the pressing portion 17 (pressing portion main body 27 and notch portion 28) is formed in an arc shape that is convex downward. A gap δ1 is formed between the lower surface (pressing edge portion) of the pressing portion main body 27 and the supply surface 18 so as to be slightly larger than the thickness T of the supply article 3.

In this gap δ1, for example, when a flat supply article 3 having no crease is conveyed, the pressing portion 17 does not abut on the supply article 3, and the supply article 3 has a crease, which is partial. When a product folded so as to stand up is transported, a gap to the extent that it comes into contact with the folded portion of the supplied article 3 can be considered.

The holding member 26 includes a rod-shaped body 29 that connects the outer surface of the pressing portion 17 and the side surface guide 19, one end of the rod-shaped body 29 is attached to the side surface of the pressing portion 17, and the other end of the rod-shaped body 29 is attached. , It is penetrated through a long hole portion 30 formed in the side surface guide 19 in the longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transport direction. Further, the diameter of the rod-shaped body 29 is smaller than that of the elongated hole portion 30. A nut 31 is screwed into a portion of the rod-shaped body 29 that penetrates the side surface guide 19. The axis of the rod-shaped body 29 is parallel to the width direction of the supply surface 18. Further, the downstream end 17a of the pressing portion 17 extends to the downstream side of the downstream end 16b of the main guide portion 16.

In the present embodiment, the downstream end 17a of the pressing portion 17 extends downstream from the downstream end 16b of the main guide portion 16 by a distance shorter than the length of the supplied article 3 in the transport direction. That is, the downstream end portion (downstream side pressing end portion) 17d of the pressing edge portion of the pressing portion 17 extends to the downstream side of the downstream end of the supply surface 18.

As described above, the holding portion 17 is arranged on the downstream side with respect to the discharge port 13b of the supply chute 13. The downstream side thereof will be described. That is, on the downstream side, in the supply article 3 dropped from the discharge port 13b of the supply chute 13 to the supply surface 18, the tip of the supply article 3 (the downstream end of the supply article 3) is pressed against the lower surface of the notch 28. It reaches the vicinity of the boundary of the lower surface of the main body 27. Here, the boundary refers to the upstream end portion of the holding portion 17 that holds the supply article 3 in order to correct the bending habit of the supply article 3 (the pressing edge portion).

Since the attachment 21 and the drive device 22 are well known, a brief outline will be given. As shown in FIG. 1, the attachment 21 is formed in a vertically long substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The drive device 22 is provided with a mechanism for rotating the attachment 21 in an endless manner on the side of the attachment main body 23. That is, it includes a single drive chain 25 that rotates in an endless manner, and a plurality of sprockets S supported by frame members 12 and 12 provided on the side of the transport device 1 so as to wind the drive chain 25. The drive chain 25 is a roller chain.

The attachments 21 are arranged at predetermined intervals with respect to the drive chain 25 which is a roller chain, and include a link mechanism (reference numeral omitted) for connecting the attachment 21 and the drive chain 25. In this way, when the attachment 21 and the drive device 22 cooperate with each other and the attachment 21 rotates in an endless manner, the attachment 21 moves in and out of the guide surface 7a of the guide unit 7 and reaches the guide surface 7a of the guide unit 7. , Attachment 21 stands up. Therefore, a gap δ3 (see FIG. 4) for feeding the attachment 21 in the transport direction is formed on the guide surface 7a. As described above, the supply surface 18 is provided with a gap δ2 in order to send the attachment 21 to the downstream side.

That is, the guide unit 7 and the main guide unit 16 (supply unit) are arranged in parallel vertically with the same transport direction, and the attachment 21 is arranged above the guide surface 7a and above the guide surface 7a from above the guide unit 7. It is provided so as to project upward from the surface 18, moves in the transport direction through the gap δ3 of the guide surface 7a and the gap δ2 of the supply surface 18, and simultaneously pushes and transports the article 2 and the supply article 3. Then, the supplied article 3 is dropped at the downstream end of the main guide portion 16, stacked on the article 2, pushed as a set object 4, and conveyed.

In the transfer device 1 having the above configuration, when the drive device 22 is driven and the drive chain 25 rotates in an endless manner, the attachment 21 continuously stands up on the guide surface 7a of the guide portion 7 and is sent to the downstream side.

Further, the article 2 is handled one by one by the divided supply unit 6B, the article 2 is received one by one by the receiving conveyor 6, and the article 2 is moved downstream on the guide surface 7a of the guide unit 7 by the movement of the attachment 21. Will be sent to.

Further, the supply article 3 cut by the supply article dropping device 8 is sent to the downstream side by the supply chute 13 and placed on the supply surface 18 of the main guide unit 16, and the article 2 and the supply article are placed by the attachment 21. 3 and are sent to the downstream side. At this time, the supplied article 3 passes through the supplied article straightening device 9. Then, the set product 4 of the article 2 and the supplied article 3 is sent to the article packaging unit 10 and packaged.

The operation of the supply article 3 when the article 2 on the guide section 7 and the supply article 3 on the main guide section 16 (supply section) are sent to the downstream side and the supply article 3 passes through the supply article correction device 9. Will be described in detail. For example, as the supply article 3, the soup portion 32 in which the soup is sealed and the spice portion 33 in which the spice is sealed are provided, the soup portion 32 is on the downstream side, the spice portion 33 is on the upstream side, and the sealing means 5 It is assumed that a habit is formed in the spice portion 33 and the soup portion 32. As described above, as the supplied article 3, the soup portion 32 has a large area (large capacity), and the spice portion 33 has a smaller area (small capacity) than the soup portion 32.

Since the soup portion 32 has a large area in the supply article 3 sent from the discharge port 13b of the supply chute 13, the spice portion 33 tends to have a habit and the spice portion 33 tends to stand up a little. When the attachment 21 hits such a supplied article 3, the habit is further strongly imparted.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the supply article 3 discharged from the discharge port 13b of the supply chute 13, the soup portion 32 is placed on the supply surface 18 of the main guide portion 16 and pushed by the attachment 21. It is sent to the notch 28 of the pressing portion 17 arranged on the downstream side, and subsequently to the pressing portion main body 27. However, at this time, since the holding portion 17 has a notch 28 (guide edge portion) formed on the upstream side thereof, the supplied article 3 easily enters between the pressing portion 17 and the supply surface 18.

Then, since the lower surface 17b (pressing edge portion) of the pressing portion main body 27 and the supply surface 18 are formed with a gap δ1 formed to be slightly larger than the thickness T of the supply article 3, the soup portion 32 has a gap δ1. pass. Further, the spice portion 33 passes through the gap δ1, but at this time, even if the spice portion 33 has a crease, as soon as the supply article 3 falls from the supply chute 13 to the supply surface 18, it is upstream of the holding portion 17. The spice portion 33 is pushed toward the supply surface 18 in the vicinity of the side region, that is, at the upstream side pressing end portion P of the pressing edge portion, and the bending habit is corrected.

Further, since the lower surface of the pressing portion 17 has an arc shape in which both ends of the pressing portion 17 in the thickness T direction are chamfered, it is difficult for the supply article 3 passing between the pressing portion 17 and the supply surface 18 to receive resistance. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly pass through the pressing portion 17 and prevent the upstream side of the supplied article 3 from being lifted by the attachment during transportation.

The feed article 3 whose habit is corrected by the gap δ1 is further sent to the downstream side of the feed article straightening device 9 and placed on the article 2, but the holding portion 17 is placed on the upper side of the straightening portion 20 of the main guide portion 16. The downstream end 17a of the holding portion 17 (downstream side holding end portion 17d of the holding edge portion) extends downstream from the downstream end 16b of the main guide portion 16. Therefore, the supply article 3 can be reliably supplied to the article 2 by smoothly guiding the article 2 to the downstream side of the supply article 3 and correcting the habit.

Further, when the supply article 3 is sent from the supply surface 18 and tries to fall with respect to the article 2, the downstream end of the holding portion 17 extends downstream from the supply surface 18, so that the supply article 3 is placed on the article 2. Even if they overlap, the supply article 3 can be placed on the article 2 while the habit of the supply article 3 is corrected.

Here, even if the spice portion 33 is on the downstream side and the soup portion 32 is on the upstream side in the supply article 3 that has fallen from the supply chute 13, the spice portion 33 is formed by the notch portion 28 of the holding portion 17. As a result of being able to enter between the pressing portion 17 and the supply surface 18 and correcting the bending habit, the supply article 3 is surely sent to the downstream side.

Further, even if the spice portion 33 and the soup portion 32 of the supply article 3 that has fallen from the supply chute 13 are sealed by the sealing means 5 along the transport direction, the supply article straightening device 9 may be used. According to this, the supplied article 3 can be reliably supplied to the article 2. Alternatively, even if the supply article 3 is sealed on three sides by the sealing means 5, the supply article straightening device 9 can reliably supply the supply article 3 to the article 2. Further, the supplied article 3 is not limited to the spice portion 33 in which the spice is sealed and the soup portion 32 in which the soup is sealed, and may be used as an ingredient after cooking the article 2.

By the way, in the above-described embodiment, the supplied article 3 may have a difference in its area and thickness T. The pressing portion 17 in this case can be dealt with by loosening the nut 31 and moving the rod-shaped body 29 along the vertical direction of the elongated hole portion 30. That is, in the present embodiment, the distance between the holding portion 17 and the supply surface 18 can be adjusted.

After that, the set item 4 of the article 2 and the corrected supply article 3 is packaged in the article packaging section 10 for each set item 4.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. In addition, the specific configuration of each part is not limited to the above embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the supply article 3 may have a difference in the area and the thickness T. Therefore, for the pressing portion 17, the nut 31 is loosened and the rod-shaped body 29 is moved along the elongated hole portion 30 in the vertical direction. It corresponded by moving it. However, if the areas of the supplied articles 3 are the same, as shown in FIG. 5, the pressing portion 17 may be fixed to the side guide 19 by the rod-shaped body 29.

For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the supplied article 3 is placed on the article 2 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to such a case, and the present invention is also applied to a transport device in which the article 2 is placed on the supplied article 3. Can be done.

In the above embodiment, the pressing portion 17 has been described as having a plate shape, but not limited to such a case, it suffices if the supply article 3 can be pressed in the direction of the supply surface 18, and in this case, the pressing portion 17 It may be columnar (a roller whose axis is in the width direction). Further, the pressing portion 17 may be in the shape of a block.

In the above embodiment, only one supply article dropping device 8 is provided, but two can be provided in the transport direction. In this case, the supply article correction device 9 is provided for each supply article dropping device 8.

In the above embodiment, the case where the pressing portion 17 includes the guide edge portion (notch portion 28) has been described, but the case may not include the guide edge portion.

In the above embodiment, the downstream side pressing portion of the pressing edge portion of the pressing portion 17 extends downstream from the downstream end of the supply surface 18, but is not limited to this, and is the same as or upstream side of the downstream end of the supply surface 18. It may be located in.

In the above embodiment, the case where the upstream side pressing end portion P at the pressing edge portion of the pressing portion 17 is arranged near the downstream side in the length direction of the supply article 3 that has fallen from the supply chute 13 to the supply surface 18 has been described. However, the position of the upstream side pressing end portion P may be arranged on the upstream side or the downstream side from the downstream end of the supply article 3.

Further, in the above embodiment, the supply unit is arranged on the guide unit, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the guide unit and the supply unit are arranged on the left and right, or the supply unit is arranged so as to intersect the guide unit. You can also do it. In any case, there is a region where the guide unit and the supply unit meet, and in that area, the article and the supply article can be pushed and transported at the same time by the attachment, and these can be stacked vertically and transported as a set. If so, it can be straightened and stacked with the supplied article straightening device.

1 ... Conveyor device, 2 ... Article, 3 ... Supply article, 3b ... Discharge port, 4 ... Set item, 5 ... Sealing means, 6 ... Receiving conveyor, 7 ... Guide unit, 7a ... Guide surface, 8 ... Supply article drop Equipment, 9 ... Supply article straightening device, 10 ... Article packaging section, 13 ... Supply chute, 13a ... Inclined surface, 13b ... Discharge port, 14 ... Horizontal guide, 16 ... Main guide section, 16a ... Upstream end, 16b ... Downstream end , 17 ... presser foot, 17a ... downstream end, 17c ... parallel edge, 18 ... supply surface, 20 ... straightening part, 21 ... attachment, 23 ... attachment body, 27 ... presser foot body, 28 ... notch, 28a ... Notch, 28b ... Inclined edge, 32 ... Soup, 33 ... Spice, T ... Thickness, δ1 ... Gap, P ... Upstream presser end

Claims (3)

It is provided with a guide unit for guiding the article in the transport direction, a supply unit for guiding a supply article different from the article so as to overlap the upper side or the lower side of the article, and a pressing member fed in the transport direction.
The pressing member pushes the article guided by the guide portion and the supply article guided by the supply portion in the transport direction at the same time in the vertical arrangement, and the guide portion or the downstream side of the supply portion receives the pressure member. The article and the supply article are configured to be pushed and conveyed in a state of being stacked one above the other.
A transport device characterized in that a holding portion is provided in the supply section on which the supply article is placed so as to be separated by a predetermined length based on the thickness dimension of the supply article. .. A supply chute for feeding the supply article is provided on the supply surface, and the holding portion has a predetermined length in the transport direction.
The first aspect of claim 1, wherein the upstream side holding end portion in the length direction of the holding portion is located at the downstream end of the falling position of the supplied article that has fallen from the supply chute onto the supply surface. Conveyor device. The supply unit is arranged substantially parallel to the upper side of the guide unit, and the downstream end is configured to be an intermediate position in the transport direction of the guide unit.
The transport device according to claim 2, wherein the downstream side pressing end portion in the length direction of the pressing portion extends further downstream than the downstream side of the supply surface.

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