A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes at least one bracket and at least one vibrator. The at least one bracket is configured to be mounted to a pallet adjacent to a stack of panels disposed on the pallet. The at least one vibrator is attached to the at least one bracket and configured to induce vibration on the stack of panels to disrupt an adhesive bond between adjacent panels in the stack of panels.

A supply device with which elements in disordered form, in particular connection elements as bulk elements, are suppliable to a second receiving volume. The supply device includes a first receiving container from which, via an outlet opening, a plurality of elements is deliverable to a second receiving container. The second receiving container may consist of an oscillation feeder. The oscillation energy of the oscillation feeder is specifically transmitted onto the elements, which are stored in the first receiving container. With the help of the transmitted oscillations, elements are transferred from the first receiving container via a transfer zone from the first receiving container into the second receiving container.

The present invention relates to a system (1) for arranging items in containers comprising a plurality of processing stations (11) for filling removable containers, wherein each of the processing station (11) is able to house a single of the removable containers and comprises a movable tray (211), able to support a respective of the removable containers, moving means of the movable tray (211) with respect to the processing station (11) and a conveyor (111), provided with an entry portion (111′) and with an exit portion (111″) of the items, wherein the conveyor (111) is arranged at a distance from the movable tray (211) such that the exit portion (111″) remains above the opening of a respective of the removable containers, wherein the moving means are able to operate a shaking of the movable tray (211) at least along opposite directions of a predefined axis of shaking to arrange the items in the removable container in a homogeneous way.

A supply device with which elements in disordered form, in particular connection elements as bulk elements, are suppliable to a second receiving volume. The supply device includes a first receiving container from which, via an outlet opening, a plurality of elements is deliverable to a second receiving container. The second receiving container may consist of an oscillation feeder. The oscillation energy of the oscillation feeder is specifically transmitted onto the elements, which are stored in the first receiving container. With the help of the transmitted oscillations, elements are transferred from the first receiving container via a transfer zone from the first receiving container into the second receiving container.

The invention relates to a vibratory feeder comprising a support arrangement (8), for carrying out a vibrational movement when in operation, for a feeder element in which material (12) which is to be fed is fed, also comprising a drive arrangement (5) for the support arrangement (8) and a bearing arrangement (3) which initiates vibrational oscillations of the vibratory feeder (1, 30, 40, 60, 90, 100) reducing in the base (2). Means which suppress a movement of the vertical components due to the vibratory movement of the front end (10a) of the feeder element from that of the rear end (10b) when the vibratory feeder (30, 40, 60, 90, 100) is in operation are provided. The mass flow emitted by the vibratory feeder (30, 40, 60, 90, 100) can be easily changed without a time delay which can therefore improve the control of the vibratory feeder.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel conveying device with which it is possible to easily adjust a conveying amount of articles in a trough using a restricting plate, and a combination weighing apparatus having the conveying device. A conveying device to convey articles in a trough has a restricting plate to restrict a flow of the articles in the trough and the angle at which the restricting plate faces the articles is variable. With this configuration, there is no need to prepare a plurality of restricting plates that have different shapes and materials or to exchange such a plurality of restricting plates in the same manner as in a conventional device because the conveying amount in the trough can be adjusted merely by varying the angle at which the restricting plate faces the articles.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel conveying device with which it is possible to easily adjust a conveying amount of articles in a trough using a restricting plate, and a combination weighing apparatus having the conveying device.

A conveying device to convey articles in a trough has a restricting plate to restrict a flow of the articles in the trough and the angle at which the restricting plate faces the articles is variable. With this configuration, there is no need to prepare a plurality of restricting plates that have different shapes and materials or to exchange such a plurality of restricting plates in the same manner as in a conventional device because the conveying amount in the trough can be adjusted merely by varying the angle at which the restricting plate faces the articles.

Vibrating apparatus (10) for automatically conveying objects (11) from a first position (12) to a second position (13) by means of vibration, comprising one or more conveying members (15) and a movement member (18), which is configured to be driven according to a vibrational motion in order to make said one or more conveying members (15) vibrate to cause a consequent forward motion by vibration of the objects (11).

The invention relates to a vibratory feeder comprising a support arrangement (8), for carrying out a vibrational movement when in operation, for a feeder element in which material (12) which is to be fed is fed, also comprising a drive arrangement (5) for the support arrangement (8) and a bearing arrangement (3) which initiates vibrational oscillations of the vibratory feeder (1, 30, 40, 60, 90, 100) reducing in the base (2). Means which suppress a movement of the vertical components due to the vibratory movement of the front end (10a) of the feeder element from that of the rear end (10b) when the vibratory feeder (30, 40, 60, 90, 100) is in operation are provided. The mass flow emitted by the vibratory feeder (30, 40, 60, 90, 100) can be easily changed without a time delay which can therefore improve the control of the vibratory feeder.

A vibrating feeder control apparatus used for driving a vibrating feeder main body (1) includes a base (11), a movable body (12) elastically supported by the base, an electromagnet (14) provided on the base, and a magnetic core (15) provided on the movable body to oppose the electromagnet. The PWM signal generation unit (33) generates a PWM signal based on a set drive frequency (f) and applies a pseudo AC voltage corresponding to the PWM signal to the electromagnet. The current detection unit (34) detects a current flowing in the electromagnet by a pseudo AC voltage. The current change rate generation unit (35, 36) generates a current change rates (R.sub.1, R.sub.2) at a predetermined reference phase angle (1, 2) within one cycle of the pseudo AC voltage. The frequency correction unit (37) corrects the drive frequency based on a current change rate at a reference phase angle.