PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To feed an assembly article delivered by a plurality of units so that each article is collected to each other substantially without any space.;SOLUTION: In a delivery conveyor 20 connected to the upstream side of a feed conveyor 22, each article 10 is loaded on each of conveyors 20a, 20b, 20c and stopped during the article storage. When the articles are delivered, the run of the conveyors 20a, 20b, 20c of the number corresponding the delivery number is collectively started to feed out the articles 10 of the delivery number to the feed conveyor 22. Assembly means 44 is arranged, which holds the assembly article by a pair of supporting pieces 40, 42 in the back and forth direction to collect each article 10 substantially without any space during the conveyance of the feed conveyor 22. After the assembly work of the assembly article, one supporting piece 40 located forward is evacuated outside a conveying passage, and the other supporting piece 42 located backward stops or decelerates the advancing movement and waits for the next assembly work of the assembly article.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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