摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spoon aligning device which can vertically align measuring spoons equipped with a shank stretching approx. horizontally from the edge of an opening of a measuring cup part in such a condition that the measuring cup part is positioned over. SOLUTION: A spoon aligning device is equipped with a feeder disc 8 of rotary type installed in inclination, a peripheral wall 12 in cylindrical form installed at a certain spacing 11 from the peripheral edge of the feeder disc 8, a spoon supplying means to cast in each measuring spoon 92 onto the feeder disc 8 surrounded by the cylindrical wall 12, a high-pressure air jetting mechanism 13 which is installed in an appropriate position on the peripheral edge of the feeder disc 8 for removing spoons out of alignment, and an aligned spoon takeout chuter which is installed behind the mechanism 13 in the disc rotating direction. The sizes of the spacing 11 in the disc radial direction and height direction are made greater than the thickness of the shank 94 of spoon 91 and smaller than the height of the measuring cup part 92.
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