DISTRIBUTING AND TRANSPORTING DEVICE, DISTRIBUTING AND TRANSPORTING METHOD, SORTING AND PACKAGING DEVICE, AND SORTING AND PACKAGING FACILITY

摘要

There is provided a distributing and conveying apparatus that achieves high-speed and stable distribution and conveyance by reducing a distance between centers of preceding and following articles adjacent to each other in a conveyance direction. There is provided a distributing and conveying apparatus (1) for distributing articles (E) at respective predetermined locations while conveying the articles, the distributing and conveying apparatus including: a distributing and ejecting unit (8) configured to convey a plurality of articles (E) in a staggered arrangement along a center line of a conveyance width, and eject the articles at respective distribution and ejection locations; and a receiving unit (9) configured to receive the articles (E) ejected by the distributing and ejecting unit (8) below the center line. In the distributing and conveying apparatus (1) according to the present invention, the articles (E) are conveyed in a staggered arrangement such that the preceding and following articles (E) in the conveyance direction (21) do not interfere with each other, and the articles (E) are ejected along the center line of the conveyance width, and thus, the ejected articles (E) can be received by the receiving unit (9) provided below the center line.