AUTOMATIC ARTICLE COLLECTION DEVICE

摘要

PURPOSE:To provide an automatic article collection device which can collect articles in an article collection container on the way of transportation by way of automatically delivering the articles in the due-out unit from a stocker without restricting the shape of the articles and the style of packing. CONSTITUTION:A specified number of articles are delivered in due-out unit from an article supply machine 3 designated on the basis of a delivery command and are collected in an article collection container 2 on the way of transportation of the article collection container 2 which moves on an article collection conveyor by assembling a vertical conveyor type stocker 5 provided with vertical multistep article storage shelves 9 to store the articles in the due-out unit for each step in one row, the article supply machine 3 assembled with a horizontal conveyor 6 to deliver the articles transferred and loaded by the shelf unit from the stocker 5 toward the delivery end of the conveyor and a hopper 4 to input the articles delivered from the article supply machine 3 in the lump to the article collection container 2.