Patent ID: 6376784
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B65G,G01G,Y10S

Abstract:
A vibrating transport apparatus for transporting an article loaded on a trough by vibrating the trough in a predetermined vibrating direction, which apparatus comprises:a weight detector for detecting a weight of the article placed on the trough; a storage means for storing an amplitude versus weight characteristic of a vibrating system of the trough; and a transport control means for determining an amplitude corresponding to the weight of the article, which has been detected by the weight detector, from the storage means, calculating a transport amount for a given unitary time from the determined amplitude and the weight of the article, and controlling the transport apparatus on the basis of the transport amount which has been calculated wherein said weight detector includes at least one strain gauge mounted on a portion of the transport apparatus where elastic strains are developed upon placement of the article on the trough.