Abstract: An enclosure includes a furnace 1 and plates 7A to 7D arranged in the furnace 1 and used for placement of articles 5. Each of the plates 7A to 7D is movable vertically in the furnace 1. The enclosure further includes guide members 60A and 60B, each of which is disposed adjacent to a side of one plate of the plates 7A to 7D that is disposed at a loading/unloading position where the articles 5 are allowed to be loaded into or unloaded from the furnace 1. The guide members 60A and 60B guide the articles 5 and are rotatable with vertical movement of the plate.

Abstract: A conveyed article sorting device is provided, which has: a conveyor which conveys articles; a track configured such that the articles conveyed by the conveyor can be transferred onto the track from the conveyor; and a rotary gate which can come into contact with the articles on the conveyor; wherein, when an article to be sampled is conveyed by the conveyor, the rotary gate moves the article to be sampled from the conveyor onto the track.

Abstract: A transport device including a support body having an upper part on which a plurality of articles can be arranged; an unloading device which pushes the plurality of articles arranged on the support body; a belt conveyor which transports the articles pushed out from the support body; a slider which moves the articles arranged on the support body and also moves the articles arranged on the conveyor belt, thereby separating the articles; and a lift which is disposed between the support body and the conveyor belt and which rises to a higher position than the upper surfaces of both the support body and the conveyor belt when the articles arranged on the support body and the articles arranged on the conveyor belt have been separated.

Abstract: A transport device having a plate; an unloading device which pushes a plurality of articles arranged on the plate; a bridge disposed adjacent to the plate; and a conveyor belt which is disposed adjacent to the bridge and which transports a row of articles having been pushed out from the plate. After a predetermined row of articles is pushed out from the bridge onto the belt conveyor, the belt conveyor moves in the same direction as the direction in which the unloading device pushes the articles, separating from the bridge.

Abstract: A transport device comprises: a plate 10; an unloading apparatus 30 to push a plurality of articles 20 disposed on the plate 10; a conveyor 40 to transport the articles pushed from the plate 10; and a pusher 80 to push articles 20, from among the articles 20 pushed onto the conveyor 40, that have not tipped over back toward the plate 10, and to separate, on the conveyor 40, articles 20A that have not tipped over from articles 20Z that have tipped over.

Abstract: This conveyed article sorting device is provided with: a conveyor 10 which conveys articles 5; a track 20 configured such that the articles 5 conveyed by the conveyer 10 can be transferred onto the track 20 from the conveyer 10; and a rotary gate 30 which can come into contact with the articles 5 on the conveyor 10, wherein, when an article 5 to be sampled is conveyed by the conveyor 10, the rotary gate 30 moves the article 5 to be sampled, from the conveyor 10 onto the track 20.

Abstract: An inspection system having a conveyor which conveys a plurality of articles; a feed screw which is disposed along the conveyor and which sets the interval between the plurality of articles to be greater than or equal to a predetermined interval; and an inspection device which inspects each of the plurality of articles spaced apart from each other at a constant interval by the feed screw.

Abstract: This transport device is provided with: a support body 5 having an upper part on which a plurality of articles can be arranged; an unloading device 30 which pushes the plurality of articles 20 arranged on the support body 5; a belt conveyor 40 which transports the articles pushed out from the support body 5; a slider which moves the articles 20 arranged on the support body 5 and also moves the article 20 arranged on the conveyor belt 40, thereby separating the articles 20; and a lift 80 which is disposed between the support body 5 and the conveyor belt 40 and which rises to a higher position than the upper surfaces of both the support body 5 and the conveyor belt 40 when the articles 20 arranged on the support body 5 and the articles 20 arranged on the conveyor belt 40 have been separated.

Abstract: A transport device having a plate; an unloading device which pushes a plurality of articles arranged on the plate; a bridge disposed adjacent to the plate; and a conveyor belt which is disposed adjacent to the bridge and which transports a row of articles having been pushed out from the plate. After a predetermined row of articles pushed out from the bridge onto the belt conveyor, the belt conveyor moves in the same direction as the direction in which the unloading device pushes the articles, separating from the bridge.

Abstract: A conveyance system includes a chamber 1, a plate 7A disposed in the chamber 1, the plate 7A being used for disposing an article thereon, an in-chamber bridge 19 disposed in the chamber 1 and capable of coming into contact with the plate 7A, a moving member 3A that moves along the in-chamber bridge 19 and the plate 7A to move the article on the in-chamber bridge 19 and the plate 7A, and a sterilization device 100 that sterilizes an interior of the chamber 1, in which the chamber 1 is allowed to be tightly sealed, with the moving member 3A disposed on the in-chamber bridge 19.

Abstract: A conveying device includes first guide rails 2A, 2B; second guide rails 12A, 12B for being connected to the first guide rails 2A, 2B; a movable holding part that holds the second guide rails 12A, 12B such that the second guide rails 12A, 12B are movable in transverse directions with respect to longitudinal directions of the second guide rails 12A, 12B; and moving parts 3A, 3B that move by being guided by the corresponding first guide rails 2A, 2B and the corresponding second guide rails 12A, 12B.

Abstract: A conveyance device includes: moving members 3A and 3B that move along a table 7 for disposing an article 5 thereon; shafts 21A and 21B that are rotatably connected to the moving members 3A and 3B; a contact member 22 configured to come into contact with the article 5, the contact member 22 being connected to the shafts 21A and 21B; inhibiting mechanisms 23A and 23B that inhibit rotation of the shafts 21A and 21B so that the contact member 22 is held above the article 5, the inhibiting mechanisms 23A and 23B being disposed at the moving members 3A and 3B; and dogs 24A and 24B that come into contact, at a predetermined location with the inhibiting mechanisms 23A and 23B to deactivate inhibition of rotation of the shafts 21A and 21B by the inhibiting mechanisms 23A and 23B, thereby lowering the contact member 22 toward the table 7.

Abstract: A transfer apparatus comprises a rod-shaped member that comprises a magnetic material, a cover, made of a nonmagnetic material, that covers the rod-shaped member, a first terminal member configured to allow insertion of one end portion of the rod-shaped member, a second terminal member configured to allow insertion of the other end portion of the rod-shaped member, and a driving device, connected to the first terminal member, that rotates the rod-shaped member about a central axis of the rod-shaped member, in which the rod-shaped member and the first terminal member are fixed to each other, the cover and the first terminal member are fixed to each other, the rod-shaped member and the second terminal member are not fixed to each other, and the cover and the second terminal member are fixed to each other.

Abstract: A conveyance device equipped with a rod-shaped member that includes a magnetic body; an arc-shaped opposing member which opposes part of a side surface of the rod-shaped member and which includes a magnetic body, the opposing member including connecting surfaces which are parallel with the central axis of the rod-shaped member and which connect an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface; a drive device which rotates the rod-shaped member around the central axis of the rod-shaped member and which changes the relative positions of the rod-shaped member and the opposing member; and a conveyance member which encloses the opposing member and which has retaining surfaces that touch the connecting surfaces of the arc-shaped opposing member.

Abstract: An enclosure includes a furnace 1 and plates 7A to 7D arranged in the furnace 1 and used for placement of articles 5. Each of the plates 7A to 7D is movable vertically in the furnace 1. The enclosure further includes guide members 60A and 60B, each of which is disposed adjacent to a side of one plate of the plates 7A to 7D that is disposed at a loading/unloading position where the articles 5 are allowed to be loaded into or unloaded from the furnace 1. The guide members 60A and 60B guide the articles 5 and are rotatable with vertical movement of the plate.

Abstract: A conveyance system includes a chamber 1, a plate 7A disposed in the chamber 1, the plate 7A being used for disposing an article thereon, an in-chamber bridge 19 disposed in the chamber 1 and capable of coming into contact with the plate 7A, a moving member 3A that moves along the in-chamber bridge 19 and the plate 7A to move the article on the in-chamber bridge 19 and the plate 7A, and a sterilization device 100 that sterilizes an interior of the chamber 1, in which the chamber 1 is allowed to be tightly sealed, with the moving member 3A disposed on the in-chamber bridge 19.

Abstract: A conveyance device includes: moving members 3A and 3B that move along a table 7 for disposing an article 5 thereon; shafts 21A and 21B that are rotatably connected to the moving members 3A and 3B; a contact member 22 configured to come into contact with the article 5, the contact member 22 being connected to the shafts 21A and 21B; inhibiting mechanisms 23A and 23B that inhibit rotation of the shafts 21A and 21B so that the contact member 22 is held above the article 5, the inhibiting mechanisms 23A and 23B being disposed at the moving members 3A and 3B; and dogs 24A and 24B that come into contact, at a predetermined location with the inhibiting mechanisms 23A and 23B to deactivate inhibition of rotation of the shafts 21A and 21B by the inhibiting mechanisms 23A and 23B, thereby lowering the contact member 22 toward the table 7.

Abstract: A conveying device includes first guide rails 2A, 2B; second guide rails 12A, 12B for being connected to the first guide rails 2A, 2B; a movable holding part that holds the second guide rails 12A, 12B such that the second guide rails 12A, 12B are movable in transverse directions with respect to longitudinal directions of the second guide rails 12A, 12B; and moving parts 3A, 3B that move by being guided by the corresponding first guide rails 2A, 2B and the corresponding second guide rails 12A, 12B.

Abstract: A temperature management apparatus is provided with: a temperature management furnace having a space in which an article is disposed and temperature is managed; bar-like members containing a magnetic material; facing members, each of which faces a part of the side surface of each of the bar-like members and contains a magnetic material; drive apparatuses, which rotate the bar-like members about their center axes and change the relative positions of the bar-like members and the facing members; and a contact member, which moves in the temperature management furnace in association with changes of the relative positions of the bar-like members and the facing members, and which moves the article by being in contact with the article. The drive apparatuses are disposed outside of the space in which temperature is managed.

Abstract: A conveyance device equipped with a rod-shaped member that includes a magnetic body; an arc-shaped opposing member which opposes part of a side surface of the rod-shaped member and which includes a magnetic body, the opposing member including connecting surfaces which are parallel with the central axis of the rod-shaped member and which connect an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface; a drive device which rotates the rod-shaped member a-around the central axis of the rod-shaped member and which changes the relative positions of the rod-shaped member and the opposing member; and a conveyance member which encloses the opposing member and which has retaining surfaces that touch the connecting surfaces of the arc-shaped opposing member.