| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To feed an article to be conveyed in a belt formed into a pipe shape, in the middle position of a belt in a pipe conveyer. SOLUTION: This pipe conveyer is formed so that an endless belt 1 is stretched between a pair of pulleys 2, 3 disposed at an inlet end part and an outlet end part separated from each other, and part of the belt 1 may be run while storing an article 9 inside to be conveyed in a condition rounded in a pipe shape by a plurality of shape holding rollers 6 disposed so as to surround the belt 1, wherein both end parts of the belt 1 rounded in a pipe shape are forcibly-separated from each other to form an opening 11 open upwards. From a chute 12 formed on the opening 11, the article to be conveyed can be dropped onto the belt 1.
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