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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masato Ono, Nagoya, JP;
Yuichi Itoh, Nisshin, JP;
Yusuke Ikeda, Nisshin, JP;
Kazuhito Kato, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A stacking apparatus provided with a flexible conveyor plate (), a clamp mechanism () for holding a sheet-shaped member carried on the conveyor plate () against the conveyor plate (), and an adjustment mechanism able to adjust the degree of curvature of the conveyor plate (). When stacking a new sheet-shaped member () carried on the conveyor plate () onto already stacked sheet-shaped members (), the adjustment mechanism makes the conveyor plate () deform from a flat state to a curved state to make the new sheet-shaped member () carried on the conveyor plate () deform from a flat state to a curved state.