Film transport apparatus, film transport method, and film attachment apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakayuki Kawano
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Abstract
Provided is a film attachment apparatus and a film transport method by which it is easy to switch a film each time, and a film attachment apparatus including the film transport apparatus. The film transport apparatus includes: a film holding unit configured to hold a long-length film; and a film cutting unit configured to cut out the film, in which the film holding unit holds the plurality of films, and the film transport apparatus further includes: a temporary holding unit configured to include a plurality of temporary holding mechanisms that temporally hold the films between the film holding unit and the film cutting unit; and a first transport arm configured to select and pull out one film from the plurality of films which are held in the temporary holding unit.
Claims5
A film transport apparatus, comprising:
- a film holder configured to hold a long-length film;
- and
- a film cutter configured to cut out the film, wherein the film holder holds a plurality of the films, and the film transport apparatus further comprising:
- a temporary holder configured to include a plurality of temporary holding mechanisms that temporally hold the films between the film holder and the film cutter;
- and
- a first transport arm configured to select and pull out one selected film from the plurality of films which are held in the temporary holder,
- wherein the plurality of temporary holding mechanisms are configured so that a relative distance between each of the holding mechanisms can be respectively changed, and
- the plurality of temporary holding mechanisms are movable such that a relative vertical distance between a first temporary holding mechanism that holds the one selected film and a second temporary holding mechanism is increased during selection of the one selected film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.