SPLIT REMOVAL STRUCTURE IN RECTILINEAR VIBRATION FEEDER

PURPOSE:To remove splits which are accompanied with plate-like article securely without necessitating agreement of drop holes with a passage of the plate-like article by providing the drop holes which remove splits which are accompanied with the plate-like article in a bottom section of a truck whose cross section is in the shape of U or V character in a connection section of straight line vibration feeders connected in series. CONSTITUTION:Since the cross section of trucks 4U, 5U which convey disc-like articles B is in the shape of U character, the disc-like articles B which are conveyed from upstream are conveyed at a height level which is apart from a bottom section by a predetermined distance in the trucks 4U, 5U and pass a clearance 52 of drop holes 51a, 51b as they are. On the other hand, splits b which are accompanied with the disc-like articles B and conveyed slide and drop along an inner wall of the truck 4U and are collected in a bottom section of the truck 4U before they reach the drop holes 51a, 51b, and drop downward as shown by the arrow mark when they reach the drop holes 51a, 51b provided in the bottom section of the trucks 4U, 5U. Consequently, the disc-like articles B from which splits b are separated are conveyed on the downstream side of the truck 5U.