Patent ID: 11932483
Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An article conveying apparatus comprising:
a hopper that temporarily stores an article charged from an outside and discharges the article downstream;
a driver that dives the hopper; and
a main body to be attached with the driver, wherein
the main body includes:
a top plate that has a single plane in a horizontal direction; and
a side surface that is a physically separate member from the top plate and is to be attached with the driver, and

the side surface has:
a first surface that stands up in a vertical direction and is to be connected to the top plate, wherein the first surface has an upper end and an outer surface extending downwardly from the upper end, and wherein the top plate is attached to and extends outwardly from the downwardly extending outer surface in the horizontal direction; and
a second surface that is formed continuously with the first surface, is attached with the driver, and is inclined in a direction of going toward a center axis of the main body as going downward in the vertical direction.