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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2021
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd., Shiga, JP;
Riku Yamashiro, Shiga, JP;
Koichi Mori, Shiga, JP;
NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD., Shiga, JP;
Abstract
A position of a band-shaped glass film () conveyed downward in a vertical direction is detected by a detection unit (), and the conveyance speed of each of a plurality of conveyance devices (, and) provided in a horizontal conveyance path (R) is controlled based on detection data in the detection unit (). Under a condition that, of the plurality of conveyance devices (, and), the conveyance device () located on a most upstream side is defined as an upstream side conveyance device, and the conveyance devices (, and) on a downstream side of the upstream side conveyance device () are defined as downstream side conveyance devices, an upper limit and a lower limit are set to the conveyance speed of each of the downstream side conveyance devices (, and).