Topping manner and device null of body of flexible quality and uncertain

摘要

PURPOSE:To top a soft and undefined shape article without damaging the article by putting the topping article with a vacuum pad made of a flexible material on an article to be topped, and subsequently charging air into the vacuum pad. CONSTITUTION:A soft and undefined shape article (e.g. a small shellfish, small processed fruit) 1a is sucked with a vacuum pad 8-1 by operating a pressure regulator 11-1. The vacuum pad 8-1 is moved, and the article 1a is arranged in the depressed part 5a of a counting plate 5 and pressed with the vacuum pad 8, Air in a space 5c is sucked and the article 1a is sucked with the suction pad 8. The vacuum pad is transferred on an article 1b to be topped, and the article 1a is put on the article 1b and pressed. Air is charged into a space 5d to top the article 1a on the article 1b.