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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1995
Central Glass Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A glass plate conveying apparatus has a movable robot arm, a first suction device for attracting glass plates which are stacked and rested against a support member, a second suction device for attracting guard sheets which are inserted between the stacked glass plates, an electromagnetic device, interchangeable with the second suction device for attracting spacers made of magnetic material which are inserted between the stacked glass plates, and an adjusting device for adjusting the vertical position of the second suction device or the electromagnetic device. The first suction device is detachably mounted on the robot arm. The second suction device is detachably mounted on the robot arm. The electromagnetic device is detachably mounted on the robot arm. The second suction device and the electromagnetic device are interchangeably mounted on the robot arm.