Patent ID: 9333697
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K,B29L,B65G

Claim Text:
1. A preform supplying apparatus comprising: an alignment guidance chute having a guide member that slides a plurality of preforms under their own weight by inclination and guides the preforms to a preform alignment conveyance unit; and the preform alignment conveyance unit that conveys the preforms guided from the alignment guidance chute in an aligned state, wherein a groove part along an inclination direction is formed to the guide member and an inner wall surface of the groove part has a shape which causes the preforms sliding down inside the groove part to be aligned in a line, wherein a fall chute, through which a preform conveyed from a container that stores a plurality of preforms falls and passes, is installed at an upper side of an upstream side end of the alignment guidance chute, and wherein the fall chute has a pin that collides with the preform falling from an upper side.