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    Device for Conveying Absorbent Article and Conveyance Method Using Same:

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    Takao Wada, Osaka, Japan.
    Assigned to Zuiko Corporation, Japan.

    Filed: 10/21/14
    Issued: 8/8/17

    A conveying device switchable between a state where an absorbent article is conveyed along a main conveyance path set in advance and a state where the absorbent article is conveyed along a branch conveyance path branched off from the main conveyance path, the conveying device comprising: an upstream conveying mechanism provided on the main conveyance path and configured to convey the absorbent article, the upstream conveying mechanism including a first upstream conveying unit with a path switching means and the upstream conveying mechanism further including a second upstream conveying unit configured to convey the absorbent article between the first upstream conveying unit and the second upstream conveying unit, the second upstream conveying unit including a circulating belt arranged along an annular path for branching including a main path extending along the main conveyance path and a sub path extending along the branch conveyance path and configured to circulate along the path for branching; a downstream conveying mechanism provided downstream of the upstream conveying mechanism on the main conveyance path and configured to convey the absorbent article; and the path switching means being configured to switch a conveyance path of the absorbent article to guide the absorbent article to the branch conveyance path in a process of transferring the absorbent article from the upstream conveying mechanism to the downstream conveying mechanism, the path switching means including a belt conveying unit with a conveying belt arranged along an annular path and configured to circulate along the annular path so as to be able to convey the absorbent article and a path switching mechanism configured to switch a conveyance path specified by the conveying belt between a path along which the absorbent article is transferrable from the upstream conveying mechanism to the downstream conveying mechanism and a path along which the absorbent article is guided along the branch conveyance path from the upstream conveying mechanism, the path switching mechanism being configured to switch the path specified by the conveying belt between a state where the absorbent article is conveyed along the main path while being sandwiched between the circulating belt and the conveying belt and a state where the absorbent article is guided to the sub path while being sandwiched between the circulating belt and the conveying belt; the annular path of the conveying belt includes a conveying path extending along the main conveyance path; the path switching mechanism includes a pressing member provided movably with respect to the conveying belt and a driving member configured to drive the pressing member with respect to the conveying belt between a position where a part of the conveying belt extending along the conveying path is pressed from an inner side of the annular path to guide the absorbent article to the sub path and a position where the conveying belt is released from pressing; the upstream conveying mechanism further includes a defective article sorting unit configured to guide defective articles satisfying a defect condition set in advance out of the absorbent articles conveyed along the main conveyance path to a defective article collection path branched off from the main conveyance path; and the path switching means further includes a controller configured to control an operation of the path switching mechanism such that the absorbent article is guided to the branch conveyance path when the number of the absorbent articles, except the defective articles, conveyed by the upstream conveying mechanism reaches a preset number.
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