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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Morimasa Kuge, Kobe, JP;
Hideyuki Tanaka, Kobe, JP;
Keiji Tsujita, Kobe, JP;
Kazunori Takahara, Kobe, JP;
Morimasa Kuge, Kobe, JP;
Hideyuki Tanaka, Kobe, JP;
Keiji Tsujita, Kobe, JP;
Kazunori Takahara, Kobe, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a plate member conveying apparatus configured such that an occupied area is small, and a plate member is unlikely to be damaged. A plate member conveying apparatus according to the present invention includes a feed device having a conveying portion and a pressurizing portion. The conveying portion includes a belt configured to contact one of surfaces of a plate member in a vertical state to feed the plate member in a conveying direction. The pressurizing portion applies pressure of a fluid to the other surface of the plate member in the vertical state in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the plate member to press the plate member toward the belt. Then, the plate member in the vertical state is conveyed while being held by sandwiching the plate member between the belt of the conveying portion and the fluid of the pressurizing portion.