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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
Ihi Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Rui Oohashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kensuke Hirata, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoo Kusumi, Tokyo, JP;
Mareto Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Noriaki Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
IHI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt-form body conveyor that conveys a belt-form body includes a plurality of non-contact guide portions over which portions of the belt-form body are wound, and that support the belt-form body in a non-contact manner, and a drive unit that, when viewed in a direction that is perpendicular to a surface of the belt-form body before the belt-form body is supplied to the plurality of non-contact guide portions, causes at least two non-contact guide portions out of the plurality of non-contact guide portions to rotate in the same direction and by the same angle.