PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skewer feeding apparatus capable of feeding various kinds of skewers with different shapes and lengths by a single apparatus while having a simple and compact configuration and capable of surely feeding the skewers one by one without jamming and gotten hooked.SOLUTION: The skewer feeding apparatus 1 includes: a hopper 20 into which many skewers are input an agitation/open-close mechanism 30 in which the skewers in the hopper 20 are scooped up and agitated by a swingably disposed scooping-up plate 32, while the lower end 20a of the hopper 20 are opened or closed a conveyance passage 40 formed in a gap between an inclined slide surface 41a and a guide surface 51a for conveying the skewers exited from the lower end 20a of the hopper 20 by sliding them obliquely downward and a separation/discharge mechanism 60 for separating the many skewers L conveyed via the conveyance passage 40 one by one by the swing of a separation member 61 and an open-close member 71 toward the rotational direction accompanying the rotation of cams 63 and 73 fixed to a second rotation shaft 62 and discharging them from a discharge port 40a.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】簡単かつコンパクトな構成でありながら、一台の装置で形状や長さが異なる多種類の串を供給でき、かつ、それらの串を詰まりや引っ掛かりを生じることなく確実に一本ずつ供給できる串供給装置を提供する。【解決手段】多数の串が投入されるホッパー20と、揺動可能に設置された掻き揚げ板32でホッパー20内の串を掻き揚げて攪拌すると共にホッパー20の下端部20aを開閉する攪拌開閉機構30と、傾斜するスライド面41aとガイド面51aとの隙間に形成されて、ホッパー20の下端部20aから出た串を斜め下方に滑落させて搬送する搬送路40と、第2回転軸62に固定したカム63,73の回転に伴う分離部材61と開閉部材71の回転方向への揺動によって、搬送路40を搬送された多数の串Lを一本ずつ分離して排出口40aから排出する分離排出機構60とを備えた串供給装置1である。【選択図】図3
