Method for merging goods and apparatus therefor

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Inventors: Tanaka, Nobuhiro;
Assignee: Kao Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Examiner: Skaggs; H. Grant
Assistant Examiner: Bidwell; James R.
Attorney, Agent or Firm:

There is disclosed a method for merging goods which are stored on a plurality of storage lines, including the steps of continuously forming a unit of goods each unit including a plurality of different items which are loaded generally over the entire length of each storage line, carrying out the unit of goods from each of the storage lines after the plurality of items have been stored on each storage line, storing the goods on each of the storage lines after the goods have been counted, and changing the speed of carrying out of goods from each storage line according to the sizes of the goods. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a method for merging goods and an apparatus therefor, in which goods are efficiently and rapidly merged by reducing a time loss which often takes place when a switching action for merging goods is performed, even in the case where various kinds of goods having different sizes are merged.
A second object of the present invention is to provide a method for merging goods and an apparatus therefor, in which goods are efficiently and rapidly merged by preventing a counting error for goods to be conveyed and merging the goods at a high spped.
A third object of the present invention is to provide a method for merging goods and an apparatus therefor, in which goods are efficiently and rapidly merged by maintaining a generally constant space between adjacent goods which are being conveyed after being merged.
The above-mentioned first object of the present invention is acheived by providing a method for merging goods which are stored on a plurality of storage lines, comprising the steps of continuously forming a unit of merged goods comprising each amount of goods which are stored generally over the entire length of each storage line, and carrying out the goods from each of the storage lines after the unit of merged goods have been stored on each storage line.
In order to carry out the method for achieving the first object of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for merging goods which are stored on a plurality of storage lines, comprising a storage conveyor having a sufficient length for storing a predetermined number of goods forming a unit of merged goods which are consecutively carried out, a carry-out conveyor for separately carrying out the goods one by one which are stored on the storage conveyor, a merging conveyor for carrying the carried-out goods, and a control system for forming said unit of merged goods.
The second object of the present invention is achieved by providing a method for merging goods which are stored on a plurality of storage lines, comprising the steps of storing the goods on each of the storage lines after the goods have been counted

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