OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000000799

Supply apparatus

Published: 2026-09-15T19:03:24.738647Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000799
Categories: Material Handling > Conveying Systems

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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.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000000799
Published 2026-09-15T19:03:24.738647Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000799