US Patent 7287669 Article transfer device

An article transfer device which transfers articles using hanger rods each of which includes helical ridges or helical grooves, wherein the article transfer device can ensure the sufficient number of articles to be suspended even when a depth of a housing is narrowed and, at the same time, can facilitate the observation of a front surface of each article. An article transfer device includes a plurality of hanger rods each of which forms helical ridges thereon and has a length sufficient to allow the suspending of a plurality of articles therefrom, a driver which rotates the respective hanger rods on the respective axes thereof, and a housing which accommodates the respective hanger rods, and the driver therein, wherein the respective hanger rods have axes thereof arranged obliquely with respect to the front-to-rear direction of the housing.