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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Yasushi Dodo, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yasushi Dodo, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
IHI Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A panel transportation device of the present invention has a panel grasp portion for grasping a panel, a link mechanism for moving the panel grasp portion in a panel transportation direction, and a slide mechanism for operating the link mechanism so as to move the panel grasp portion in the panel transportation direction and moving the entire link mechanism. The slide mechanism is constituted of a first slide mechanism with a first slide block and a second slide mechanism with a second slide block. The link mechanism is constructed such that the first slide block and the second slide block are connected to the panel grasp portion and the panel grasp portion is moved in the panel transportation direction by individually and linearly driving the first slide block and the second slide block.