Article transfer apparatus

摘要

A number of identical articles, for example, coiled filaments for electric lamps are retained by a shutter member at a starting station. When the article is not present in a hopper station which is arranged at an intermittent feeding mechanism of an article assembling station and which temporarily retains the article, the shutter member is opened so as to feed the article from the starting station to the hopper station through two chutes which are slanted at different angles. The article is fed to the intermittent feeding mechanism of the article assembling mechanism from the hopper station at the operating timing of the intermittent feeding mechanism.