Patent ID: 11866268
Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 6:
7. An article conveyance device comprising:
an article discharge container having discharge outlets and configured to discharge articles from the discharge outlets, the articles being held by an article discharge container;
an article conveyance mechanism having plural feeders configured to convey the articles that the plural feeders have received from the discharge outlets, the plural feeders including a first feeder to an n-th feeder;
an article detection mechanism having plural sensors, the plural sensors including a first sensor to an n-th sensor configured to detect presence of the articles in the first feeder to the n-th feeder, respectively; and
a control unit configured to judge whether or not jamming of the articles is occurring in the discharge outlets based on output of the article detection mechanism and increase a conveyance intensity of some feeders for receiving the articles from places where the jamming is occurring in the discharge outlets, wherein
the plural feeders each have a guide that guides the articles and a screw that rotates to thereby convey the articles along the guide, and
the conveyance intensity is a rotational speed of the screws.