---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000000799"
title: "Supply apparatus"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:03:24.738647Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000799"
categories:
  - "material-handling/conveying-systems"
keywords:
  - "b65g47/72"
  - "b65g2203/0258"
  - "b65g2811/0657"
  - "b65g2811/0678"
  - "b65g43/08"
  - "b65g47/766"
---

# Supply apparatus

## Abstract

A supply apparatus ( 10 ) includes: a blocker ( 13 ) disposed at a fork ( 12 ) between a main conveyance path ( 11 ), a first conveyance path ( 12 A), and a second conveyance path ( 12 B), the blocker ( 13 ) making a switch between a first state where supply of articles from the main conveyance path ( 11 ) to the first conveyance path ( 12 A) is blocked and a second state where supply of the articles from the main conveyance path ( 11 ) to the second conveyance path ( 12 B) is blocked; and a controller ( 20 ) that transitions, based on respective conditions of supply of the articles to two adjacent combination weighing mechanisms ( 1 A, 1 B), the blocker ( 13 ) into at least either the first state or the second state to switch a route of conveyance of the articles.