Patent ID: 7905077
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A transport apparatus for transporting an article which is a bag formed from a flexible packaging material, the transport apparatus comprising: a first transport part configured and arranged to transport the article in a predetermined transport direction with the article being su sported from below by a transport surface of the first transport part; and a second transport part configured and arranged to transport the article in the predetermined transport direction while exerting a downward force on a portion of an upper surface of the article being transported by the first transport part, the second transport part including a pair of transport sections configured and arranged to respectively contact with both ends or portions near both ends of the article in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined transport direction, one of the transport sections of the second transport part having a first transport surface configured and arranged to contact with one of the ends or the portion near the one of the ends of the article, and the other of the transport sections has a second transport surface configured and arranged to contact with the other of the ends or the portion near the other of the ends of the article, and at least one of the first transport surface and the second transport surface of the second transport part forming an acute angle with respect to the transport surface of the first transport part.