Fördervorrichtung

Details

Veröffentlichungs-Nr.

EP3067302

Aktenzeichen

EP16159802

Anmeldetag

11. März 2016

Veröffentlichung

27. September 2017

Erteilung

27. September 2017

Rechtsraum

EP

IPC

B65H29/12B65H43/00B07C3/02

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a conveying apparatus (1) includes: a conveying unit (4, 14) configured to convey a conveyed item at a predetermined speed; a first gap detecting unit (11) provided midway in the conveying unit (4, 14), the first gap detecting unit (11) being configured to detect a first preceding gap between the conveyed item and a preceding conveyed item that is conveyed immediately before the conveyed item, and a following gap between the conveyed item and a following conveyed item that is conveyed immediately behind the conveyed item; at least two speed adjusting units (16, 17) provided midway in the conveying unit (4, 14) downstream from the first gap detecting unit (11), the speed adjusting units (16, 17) being configured to adjust a conveying speed of the conveyed item; at least two conveyed item position detecting units (13), one of the conveyed item position detecting units (13) being provided for each of the speed adjusting units (16, 17), the conveyed item position detecting units (13) being configured to detect a position that a front end position of the conveyed item in the conveying direction has reached and a position that a rear end position of the conveyed item in the conveying direction has reached with respect to the corresponding speed adjusting unit (16, 17); and a control unit (10) configured to individually control a conveying speed of the conveyed item at each of the speed adjusting units (16, 17) based on a result of the detection performed by the first gap detecting unit (11) and a result of the detection performed by the conveyed item position detecting units (13).

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Firma

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Land

🇯🇵 Japan

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