JP2001341829A - Carrier device for article - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a carrier device for articles easily sorting the articles and separately carrying them. SOLUTION: This carrier device for the articles W is provided with an article feed mechanism E feeding the inputted articles W while aligning them and an article carrier mechanism C provided in the downstream of the article feed mechanism E and carrying the articles W in a row unit. This device is also provided with a sorting transfer part 17 feeding small articles W dropped from an opening 16 to be defectives smaller than the size of the articles W on the way to the article feed mechanism E, a defective removal mechanism 19 sorting and removing the articles W determined to be the defectives based on the signal of a detecting part S2 provided in the carrier passage of the article carrier mechanism C, a sorting carrier part 20 receiving and carrying the articles W to be defectives, and a stock part 18 integrally collecting the articles W except for conforming articles sorted by the sorting transfer part 17 and the sorting carrier part 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article transporting apparatus which sends out articles such as rice confectionery to be arranged in a line, and then carries out the articles in a line. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a production line for mass-producing articles, it is common practice to continuously and automatically convey articles as products by a conveyor when connecting between respective production steps. However, it may be easier to carry out post-processing if the articles conveyed in the process are separated and conveyed.

For example, in order to automatically bake a large quantity of articles such as rice confectionery, the base material of the articles is put on a belt conveyor and, while being seasoned, is passed through an oven or the like for baking. In order to prevent moisture after baking, or in consideration of hygiene, a packing machine or the like is used to store each piece in a packaging bag and hold it tightly.

[0004] At this time, it is necessary to seal the articles by wrapping them one by one with a packaging film by the packaging machine. For this reason, a transfer for feeding the articles at a predetermined interval to a carry-in conveyor which is a pre-process of the packaging machine is required. Providing nails,
The transfer claw is configured to feed the article to the packaging machine at a predetermined interval.

[0005] In this case, a large number of irregularly manufactured articles are sent out in a row in a continuous state, and then separated one by one and supplied to the carry-in conveyor at intervals so as to be supplied to the packing machine. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-9696 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 200626 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-162714 have been proposed.

[0006]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, in order to pack articles one by one in a packaging bag, rice confections to be the articles are used as an input port at an upper portion, and the confectionery is directed toward a lower portion. It is put into a funnel-shaped hopper having a small diameter, the put articles are aligned by a vibrating article supply mechanism, and the next step is performed by the operation of a detector that detects the presence or absence of the aligned articles. The vibration-type article supply mechanism side sends out the articles in a state of being connected to a belt conveyor, and the foremost articles of the sent out articles are separated one by one by a rotating brush or a rotating claw wheel. Although the articles are supplied to a conveyor that is a pre-process of the packaging machine, especially when the articles themselves are brittle, such as rice confectionery, the articles may be broken at the time of supplying the articles, or may be debris of the articles. Such as occurs or fragments, or,
If you try to force it out, it may break.

For this reason, before being sent to the packaging machine, an article conforming to the standard (hereinafter referred to as a non-defective product).
It is necessary to sort out non-defective products that do not conform to the standard due to debris, chips, cracks, etc. of the product (hereinafter referred to as defective products), and this sorting work is generally performed by the operator. There is a problem that it takes time and effort because it is manually removed.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem of the prior art. In the present invention, it is possible to easily select non-defective products from non-defective products in a conveying route of the products and to separate and convey only non-defective products. An object is to provide a transport device.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an article conveying apparatus capable of selecting articles of different standards in an article conveying path.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article supply mechanism for sending out articles while aligning them,
An article transport mechanism provided on the downstream side of the article supply mechanism and transporting the articles in a line, and an article transport device, wherein the article is transported to a required position on a transport surface of the article supply mechanism. An opening which is formed smaller than the size and is provided so as not to hinder the feeding of the article, and an article other than a non-defective article which is provided corresponding to the position of the opening and falls from the opening. And a detection unit provided to determine whether or not a non-defective product is in a proper position on the conveyance path of the article conveyance mechanism.The non-defective product is determined based on a signal from the detection unit. An elimination unit that selectively removes the article that has been removed from the transport path of the article transport mechanism,
A sorting / unloading unit for receiving and delivering non-defective products selected by the rejecting unit; and a stock unit for collectively collecting non-defective products selected by the sorting / transporting unit and the sorting / exporting unit. An apparatus for transporting an article, comprising:

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the article supply mechanism is constituted by a vibrating article supply device for aligning and conveying the inputted articles. It is a transport device.

Further, the invention of claim 3 is the article conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the article conveying mechanism is constituted by an endless conveying conveyor.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article conveying apparatus, wherein the exclusion section is constituted by an air injection nozzle.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the article transport mechanism is provided with a guide portion for guiding the articles so that they can be aligned and transported in a line. It is.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article supply mechanism for sending out articles while being arranged, and a plurality of articles provided in a line on the downstream side of the article supply mechanism in the article supply direction. An article transport mechanism for transporting the article to the article supply mechanism, wherein the article is smaller than a standard shape of the article and is removed from the article supply mechanism and sent out of the article supply mechanism. The sorting mechanism provided in the, the article to determine whether or not to send the article to the downstream in the article transport direction in the article transport mechanism, the article is determined to be the article not to be sent to the downstream side the article An article transport device comprising: an unloading mechanism that unloads from a transport mechanism; and a stock unit that collectively collects the articles from the sorting mechanism and the unloading mechanism.

The invention described in claim 7 is the same as the claim 6.
In the above, the sorting mechanism is provided with a sorting section provided at an appropriate position of the article supply mechanism for removing the article smaller than the standard shape of the article, and a sorting and transferring section for sending the article from the sorting section to the stock section. And an apparatus for transporting articles.

The invention described in claim 8 is the same as the claim 6.
Or in Claim 7, the sorting section removes the article smaller than a standard shape of the article, and transports the article supply mechanism so as not to hinder the sending of the article within the standard. An article conveying device comprising an opening provided on a surface.

The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claim 6
A detection unit provided at an appropriate position of a transport path of the article transport mechanism to determine whether the article is to be sent downstream in the transport direction of the article in the article transport mechanism; An elimination unit that eliminates, from the article transport mechanism, the article determined to be the article that is not sent to the downstream side in the transport direction at the detection unit, and unloads the article eliminated by the exclusion section to the stock unit. And a sorting / unloading unit.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS At a required portion of a transport path of an article supply mechanism for feeding out articles while aligning articles to be input, the article is formed to be smaller than the size of the articles, and so as not to hinder the feeding of the articles. With the opening provided in the, the scraps and pieces of the article are dropped from the opening to be sorted out from the non-defective articles, and the small articles which become defective products dropped from the selected opening are sorted to the transfer section. The goods other than the non-defective items can be intensively stored in a stocking unit including a stacking box.

[0020] Further, it is provided on the downstream side of the article supply mechanism,
The article transport mechanism that transports the articles in a unit of row is provided with a detection unit for determining whether or not the article is non-defective in a proper position on a transport path of the article transport mechanism, and based on a signal from the detection unit. The defective articles selected by the defective article removing mechanism are removed from the conveying path by a defective article removing mechanism including an air jet nozzle for selectively removing the articles determined to be defective from the conveying path of the article conveying mechanism. Is received by the sorting and carrying-out unit and carried out, and the carried-out defective product is sent to the stock unit, thereby excluding non-defective products selected by the sorting / transferring unit and the sorting / unloading unit. Goods can be collectively collected collectively in a stocking section consisting of stacking boxes, etc. It becomes possible.

Further, the article supply mechanism is constituted by a vibrating article supply apparatus for arranging and conveying the inputted articles, so that the article supply mechanism can be controlled by micro-vibration composed of a combined vector of vertical vibration and horizontal vibration. The conveying surface vibrates, and along the conveying surface, it is possible to smoothly send even non-defective products such as non-defective products and fine defective products such as scraps and fragments of the articles, and the opening provided on the conveying surface. Thus, defective articles can be dropped and easily selected.

Also, in an article transfer mechanism such as an article supply mechanism or an article transfer mechanism, an article transfer apparatus capable of selecting articles of different standards in place of selecting articles with the non-defective paint article. It can be applied and can easily sort out nonstandard articles.

[0023]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described by taking as an example an article transporting apparatus which sends out articles such as rice confectionery while arranging them, and then carries out the articles in a row.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, although not shown, articles W such as rice confectionery are sealed by a packaging machine while being wrapped one by one with a packaging film. As a pre-process of the packaging machine, an article carrying conveyor device A for carrying in articles is installed.

The article carrying conveyor apparatus A is constituted by an endless chain conveyor 2 provided with a transfer claw 1 for feeding articles W at predetermined intervals, and the chain conveyor 2 is composed of a sprocket 3 A servomotor M1 serving as a drive source is fixedly attached to the shaft end of one of the sprockets 3.

Transfer claw 1 provided on chain conveyor 2
A guide frame 4 composed of a frame is provided on both sides of the transport path of the printer 1. The article W can be sent along the guide frame 4 to the packaging machine (not shown) by the transfer claw 1.

At the entrance side of the article carry-in conveyor apparatus A, a delivery mechanism B capable of stocking the articles W is installed in the machine frame 5 of the article transporting apparatus. The plate 6 is provided with a plate 6 that can be transported by carrying one of the above, and a rotation delivery unit 7 that can rotate above the plate 6 and deliver the article W.

A rotary shaft unit 8 is pivotally supported by a part of the machine frame 5 in the rotary feed-out unit 7, and a soft pressure transfer comprising two flexible members at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft unit 8. The body 9 is mounted and fixed, and the rotating shaft 8 is connected to a servomotor M2 serving as a driving source.

An article transport mechanism C capable of supplying articles W in a line is provided upstream of the transfer mechanism B. The article transport mechanism C has an endless belt conveyor 11 between rollers 10. It is configured
One side of the roller 10 is a driving roller 10, and the driving roller 10 is connected to a servomotor M3 as a driving source. In addition, in the article transport mechanism C in this embodiment, the surface side of the belt conveyor 11 which becomes the article transport mechanism C is arranged so that the carry-in side of the article transport mechanism C is higher and the carry-out side is lower. Is provided with a guide portion D for positioning the articles W in a line along the longitudinal direction of the belt conveyor 11. As the guide portion D in this embodiment, a guide portion D is provided on the surface portion of the belt conveyor 11. On the other hand, a side wall guide portion 12 for positioning and guiding the side surface of the article W rising in the vertical direction is provided.

At the entrance side of the article transport mechanism C, an article supply mechanism E composed of a vibrating article supply apparatus for aligning and transporting the articles W inputted is provided. A hopper conveyor device F that supplies a predetermined amount while storing the articles W is installed.

In this embodiment, an article supply mechanism E composed of a vibrating article supply apparatus for aligning and transporting articles W has a bucket 13 composed of a circular bowl and an amplitude of two vibration systems of vertical vibration and horizontal vibration. And a vibration generating device 14 having a function that can be set independently of each other. The transport surface 13A for sending out the article W in a spiral shape along the inner peripheral surface of the bucket 13 is formed with a gentle uphill gradient. The entrance of the belt conveyor 11 of the article transport mechanism C is provided on the exit side of the transport surface 13A. In this case, when a large number of articles W are put into the bucket 13 and the bucket 13 is subjected to micro-vibration composed of a combined vector of vertical vibration and horizontal vibration by the vibration generating device 14, the large number of articles W The transport surface 13A is gradually raised while being aligned, and is supplied one by one to the article transport mechanism C which is the next step.

The hopper conveyor apparatus F in this embodiment is adapted to be used when the number of articles W decreases upon receiving a signal from a sensor (not shown) provided inside an article supply mechanism E comprising the vibrating article supply apparatus. Supplies the article W into the bucket 13 of the article supply mechanism E by rotating the motor of the hopper conveyor apparatus F, and stops the motor of the hopper conveyor apparatus F when the article W reaches a certain amount; The amount of the article W in the inside is prevented from becoming too large.

Further, on the plate 6 of the transfer section B,
A guide plate 15 is provided on the left and right in accordance with a side wall guide portion 12 for setting a width dimension of a conveying path 11A of an article W formed of an endless belt by a belt conveyor 11 of the article conveying mechanism C. The side wall guide portion 12 and the guide plate 15 on the plate 6 are provided so as to be movable and adjustable according to the width dimension of the article W.

In this embodiment, the position index sensor S1 reads the positions of the transfer claws 1 provided at a predetermined pitch interval on the chain conveyor 2 of the article carry-in conveyor device A installed in the preceding process of the packaging machine. Is provided, based on the signal of the position determination sensor S1.
The entire operation of the rotary delivery unit 7 of the transfer mechanism B is set to perform synchronous control with the packaging machine.

The rotation sending unit 7 of the transfer mechanism B has an origin sensor (see FIG. 1) for generating an origin signal once at a rotation angle of 180 degrees on a rotating shaft 8 to which two soft pressure carriers 9 are attached. (Not shown) is attached, and the length of the article W is different by accelerating or decelerating the rotation of the rotating shaft 8 itself based on the signal, or the case is compatible with a packaging machine in which the pitch of the transport claws 1 is different. Alternatively, it is possible to cope with a case in which the number of products per hour is changed by changing the operation speed of the packaging machine.

By the way, in this embodiment, the article supply mechanism E has a transport surface 13A for spirally delivering articles along the inner peripheral surface of the bucket 13 with a gentle ascending gradient. In the middle of the transport surface 13A, there is provided an opening 16 formed of a small hole that is small with respect to the size of the article W and does not hinder the feeding of the article W. In this embodiment, a spiral transport surface is provided. Openings 16 are formed at two places in the transport path of 13A, respectively, and are installed so that the entrance of the belt conveyor 11 of the article transport mechanism C is located facing the exit side of the transport surface 13A. In this case, when a large number of articles W are put into the bucket 13 and the bucket 13 is subjected to micro-vibration composed of a combined vector of vertical vibration and horizontal vibration by the vibration generating device 14, the large number of articles W The transport surface 13A gradually rises while being aligned, and is discharged one by one to an article transport mechanism C which is the next step.

The opening 1 is located below each opening 16 provided on the transport surface 13A of the bucket 13.
A sorting / transfer unit 17 composed of a shooter for sending out an article W which is smaller than the non-defective product W, for example, a product smaller in size than the standard and is defective, is installed, and is sorted on the discharge side of the sorting / transfer unit 17 composed of the shooter. There is provided a stock unit 18 composed of an accumulation box or the like for collectively storing articles W other than the non-defective products.

Further, the belt conveyor 1 of the article transport mechanism C
In the middle of one transport path 11A, a detection unit including an article discrimination sensor S2 for discriminating between a good article W and a non-defective article W, for example, a defective article W that has been broken in half. Is provided, and this article discrimination sensor S2
The removal unit 19 including an air jet nozzle 19A for selectively removing the article W determined as a defective product from the transport path 11A of the article transport mechanism C based on the detection signal of
A of the air injection nozzle 1
9A, the non-defective articles W selected by the operation of 9A are removed from the transport path 11A and sent to the sorting / unloading section 20 composed of a shooter or the like.
By unloading the non-defective goods W and sending the unloaded goods W to the stock unit 18,
The non-defective goods W selected by the selection transfer unit 17 and the selection discharge unit 20 can be collectively collected in the stock unit 18, so that, for example, the work of collecting defective products can be performed without trouble. And

Accordingly, the operation of the article W conveying device according to the present invention will be described in detail. The article W is carried on a conveyor without being aligned, is conveyed to a hopper conveyor apparatus F, and is sent to the hopper conveyor apparatus F. After being stored once, a sensor (not shown) provided in the bucket 13 so that a constant amount is supplied to the inside of the article supply mechanism E composed of the vibration-type article supply device, that is, to the inside of the bucket 13 of the article supply mechanism E. Is supplied in response to the signal of the product W, it is useful in automating the transport device of the product W. When supplying the product W, the supplied product W is used as the product supply mechanism E. The article supply mechanism E is constituted by a vibrating article supply apparatus that carries out alignment and conveyance, and the article supply mechanism E is generated by a minute vibration composed of a combined vector of vertical vibration and horizontal vibration. Conveying surface 11A is vibrated, the article W other than the article W and the non-defective non-defective along on the conveying surface 11A
Can be sent smoothly, and thus, only the defective articles W smaller than the standard shape can be dropped by the openings 16 provided on the transport surface A and can be easily selected.

The article W supplied to the inside of the bucket 13 of the vibration-type article supply device by the article supply mechanism E divides the bucket 13 from the combined vector of the vertical vibration and the horizontal vibration by the vibration generator 14 as described above. By applying a slight vibration, a large number of articles W gradually ascend while aligning the spirally inclined conveying surface 13A, and continue one by one to an article conveying mechanism C which is the next step. The belt conveyor 11 is operated by the rotation of the servo motor M3 serving as a driving source, and the article W is supplied to the article transport mechanism C and sent out to the article transport mechanism C side. And are sent in a continuous state.

At this time, when an article W other than a non-defective article is supplied onto the conveyance path 11A of the belt conveyor 11 of the article conveyance mechanism C, the article discrimination sensor S2 discriminates the defective article as described above. It operates, and by this operation, the rejection unit 1
By supplying air to the air injection nozzle 19A of No. 9, the defective article W is skipped and the belt conveyor 11
Are removed from the transport path 11A and sent to the sorting / unloading unit 20, sent to the stock unit 18 via the sorting / unloading unit 20, and selected by the sorting / transporting unit 17 and the sorting / unloading unit 20, respectively. Are collectively collected in the stock unit 18.

The good articles W sent in a continuous state by the belt conveyor 11 have the first article W, which is the first article, pushed by the subsequent article W to be placed on the plate 6 of the transfer section B. One article W is supplied in a separated state and sent to the plate 6 of the transfer section B.
The servo motor M2 is also operated by the operation of the position indexing sensor S1 for reading the movement position of the transfer claw 1 provided at a predetermined pitch interval on the chain conveyor 2 of the article conveying section A, so that the rotating shaft 8 rotates. The soft-pressure carrier 9 attached around the part 8 sends the product W from the plate 6 onto the chain conveyor 2 while lightly pressing the article W while rotating, and between the transfer claws 1 provided at a predetermined pitch interval. The article W can be sent out and supplied.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the transport surface 13A of the article supply mechanism E is used. Although the opening 16 is provided at two places, the number of the opening 16 may be set according to the length of the conveying surface, the shape and the size of the article W, and the like. In the above embodiment, a long hole shape was used as the shape of the hole. However, a small round hole or a slit-shaped opening hole may be used.These shapes can be appropriately changed. The size of the hole of the portion 16 may be provided so as to be movable and adjustable depending on the size of the article W, for example.

In the above-described embodiment, the reflection type sensor is used as the article discrimination sensor S2 provided on the conveyance path 11A of the article conveyance mechanism C. However, an article discrimination sensor based on image recognition may be used. In the embodiment, the article W determined to be defective based on the detection signal of the article determination sensor S2 is transferred to the transport path 11A of the article transport mechanism C.
Although only one air injection nozzle 19A is provided and provided as the elimination unit 19 that selectively removes the air injection nozzle 19, the number of the air injection nozzles 19A may be increased, or the mounting direction thereof may be appropriately set. is there.

Each article W is sequentially conveyed along a spiral conveying surface 13A provided in the article supply mechanism E.
At the time of this conveyance, there is a concern that fine debris or fragments of the article W generated from the article W are sent out to the article conveyance mechanism C side along with the article W along the conveyance surface 13A,
The article W can be dropped from the conveying surface 13A to a predetermined location outside through the opening 16 formed of a small hole with respect to the article W. As a result, the conveying path 11A of the article conveying mechanism C for the article W can be used.
Can be improved.

The article conveying device according to the present invention comprises:
Not only is it used for the purpose of eliminating non-defective articles W called non-defective articles, but also a sorting mechanism (selecting section 16 and sorting / transfer section 17) provided in the article supply mechanism E and an unloading mechanism (detection) provided in the article transport mechanism C. By setting each of the section S2, the exclusion section 19, and the sorting / discharging section 20), it is also possible to use the article W for sorting objects W of different standards.

[0047]

As described above in detail, in the article conveying apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to easily select non-defective articles and non-defective articles in the article conveying path, and to separate and convey only non-defective articles. It is possible to realize an article conveying apparatus which can realize an article conveying apparatus and which can select articles of different standards in an article conveying path.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an article conveying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a main part of the transfer device with the hopper conveyor device of the embodiment removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A article carrying conveyor device B delivery mechanism C article conveying mechanism D guide section E article supply mechanism F hopper conveyor device M1, M2, M3 servo motor S1 position indexing sensor S2 article discriminating sensor (detection unit, unloading mechanism) W article 1 transfer claw 2 Chain Conveyor (Transport Conveyor) 3 Sprocket 4 Guide Frame 5 Machine Frame 6 Plate 7 Rotational Feeding Unit 8 Rotary Shaft 9 Soft Pressure Carrier 10 Roller 11 Belt Conveyor 11A Transport Path 12 Sidewall Guide 13 Bucket 13A Transport Surface 14 Vibration Apparatus 15 Guide plate 16 Opening (sorting mechanism, sorting section) 17 Sorting transfer section (sorting mechanism) 18 Stock section 19 Elimination section (unloading mechanism) 19A Air injection nozzle 20 Sorting and unloading section (unloading mechanism)

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An article supply mechanism for sending out articles to be input while aligning them, an article transport mechanism provided downstream of the article supply mechanism and transporting the articles in a line,
An article conveying device comprising: an opening formed at a required position on a conveying surface of the article supply mechanism so as to be smaller than the size of the article, and provided so as not to hinder the feeding of the article. And a sorting / transporting unit which is provided in correspondence with the position of the opening and sends out articles other than non-defective products falling from the opening, and determines whether or not a non-defective product is in a proper position on a conveying path of the article conveying mechanism. A detection unit provided to perform
An elimination unit that selectively removes the articles determined as non-defective articles from the transport path of the article transport mechanism based on the signal of the detection unit, and receives and exports the non-defective articles selected by the elimination unit. And a stock unit for collectively collecting non-defective products selected by the sorting / transporting unit and the sorting / transporting unit. 2. The article conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the article supplying mechanism is constituted by a vibrating article supplying apparatus for aligning and conveying the inputted articles. 3. The article conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the article conveying mechanism is constituted by an endless conveying conveyor. 4. The article conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the exclusion section is constituted by an air injection nozzle. 5. The article conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the article conveying mechanism is provided with a guide section for guiding the articles so that they can be aligned and conveyed in a line. 6. An article supply mechanism that sends out articles to be input while aligning the articles, and an article transport mechanism that is provided downstream of the article supply mechanism in a direction in which the articles are sent out and transports the articles in a line. An article conveying device comprising: a sorting mechanism provided at an appropriate position of the article supply mechanism to remove the article smaller than a standard shape of the article and to send the article out of the article supply mechanism; and An unloading mechanism that unloads the article, which is determined to be the article that is not sent to the downstream side by determining whether to send the article to the downstream side in the article transport mechanism in the article transport mechanism, from the article transport mechanism, A stock unit for collectively collecting the articles from the sorting mechanism and the unloading mechanism. 7. The sorting mechanism includes: a sorting unit provided at an appropriate position of the article supply mechanism to remove the article smaller than a standard shape of the article; and the article from the sorting unit to the stock unit. 7. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: a selecting and transferring unit that sends out. 8. The transporting surface of the article supply mechanism so as to remove the article smaller than a standard shape of the article and not to hinder the delivery of the article within the standard. 8. The article conveying device according to claim 6, wherein the conveying device comprises an opening provided in the container. 9. A detection unit provided at an appropriate position on a transport path of the article transport mechanism to determine whether or not the article is to be sent downstream in the transport direction of the article in the article transport mechanism. An exclusion unit for excluding from the article transport mechanism the article determined to be the article that is not sent to the downstream side in the transport direction in the detection unit; and a stock unit for eliminating the article eliminated by the exclusion section. 7. The article conveying apparatus according to claim 6, comprising: a sorting / unloading unit for unloading the articles to the article.