ARTICLE SUPPLYING CONVEYOR IN LATERAL BAG MAKING AND FILLING MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly and surely regulate the interval between article guides. SOLUTION: A guide regulating mechanism 60 for regulating the interval between article guides 30 and 30 has an operating shaft 62 rotatably provided on a conveyor body 10 and extending in the width direction, an operating handle 48 provided at an end of the operating shaft 62, a pair of working shafts 64 and 64 extending to intersect the shaft 62 at locations retreating from cavities S on both sides across an article conveyance line L, and guide supports 66 provided on an article conveyance surface 12 for supporting the respective article guides 30. The operation shaft 62 and the respective working shafts 64 are coupled via a worm gear 74 and a worm wheel 76 engaging at a location retreating from the cavities S. The respective working shafts 64 and the respective guides 66 are coupled via a pinion gear 78 and a rack gear 80 engaging at the location similarly retreating from the cavities S. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI