摘要 |
PURPOSE:To compact a device and to speed up processing by arranging respective mechanism parts of a metering hopper uniformly and symmetrically and structuring a collection hopper so that articles are easy to slide and discharged easily to a packaging process. CONSTITUTION:An upper combined metering part is provided with a decentralized table 2 in the center part of the upper part, feeders 3 of a set number of heads are arrayed radially at the periphery of it, and pool hoppers 5 and the metering hoppers 6 are provided on and under the feeders. Then, the hoppers 5 and 6 are arrayed circumferentially and symmetrically about the center, and the array of opening/closing plates 7 and 7' of the hoppers 6 is uniform as well. Hoppers 6 selected in combination have one plate 7 or 7' opened and articles are discharged directly to the collection hopper 10 or guided by a flange 12 and discharged to a collection plate 1 provided to the upper part of the hopper 10. Then, the articles are conveyed to a next packaging device, etc., individually and discharged as two mutually independent groups. Thus, the operation state is uniformed, the device is made compact, and the processing is speeded up.
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