| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent article conveyance from being interrupted by stagnation of articles sent from a distribution part.SOLUTION: An article supply adjustment unit includes an adjustment funnel 22 for guiding loaded articles to flow down towards a central part of a distribution feeder 7. An opening end of a lower-end discharge port of the adjustment funnel 22 is divided circumferentially into a plurality of portions, where a circumferential opening degree of the lower-end discharge port in the adjustment funnel 22 is configured to be changeable/adjustable. The article supply adjustment unit includes stagnation state detection means 24 that detects article stagnation state at a plurality positions in the circumferential direction outward the distribution feeder 7 corresponding to the divided portions of the opening end, and adjusts the opening degree on the basis of the detection output. |
