Patent ID: 8079200

Claim:
A bag transport and tilt-correction device comprising: a gripping member which is openable and closable and, when closed, grips a top edge part of a bag supplied in a substantially vertical orientation and suspends the bag, an opening and closing means for opening and closing the gripping member, a reciprocal movement means for reciprocating the gripping member between a bag receiving position and a bag hand-over position, and a reciprocal swing means for swinging the gripping member within a vertical plane along a width direction of the gripped bag during the reciprocating motion of the gripping member; wherein the gripping member is: closed at the bag receiving position to grip the top edge part of the bag, swung within the vertical plane during the process of being moved to the bag hand-over position to correct tilt of the bag, and opened at the bag hand-over position to release the bag.