Patent ID: 6708468
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: B65B,G07F

Abstract:
An apparatus for counting and packing solid foods, comprising:a table device configured to hold the solid foods to be counted and packed; N+&agr; vacuum nozzles each of said N+&agr; vacuum nozzles including a flexible vacuum pad and an adsorption confirmation sensor; an arm holding the N+&agr; vacuum nozzles, said arm displaceable horizontally in a right and left direction and vertically in an up and down direction, said arm configured to adsorb and convey the solid foods from the table device to a packing device; a vacuum source connected to the N+&agr; vacuum nozzles by respective vacuum breaking channels; and a control instrument configured to execute a control sequence and to break a vacuum of a specified vacuum nozzle, wherein N is a predetermined number of solid foods to be packed, and N and &agr; are integers greater than or equal to 1.