Delivery device

A delivery device that receives a continuously transported continuous sheet-like member at a receiving position, and while the continuous sheet-like member is transported, creates cut-workpieces of predetermined lengths from the continuous sheet-like member to hand over the cut-workpieces at a hand over position, comprising:

• a rotating body that is driven to rotate about a rotation axis and that has set the receiving position and the hand over position with an interval therebetween in a direction of rotation of the rotating body;
• a plurality of workpiece retaining portions that are provided to the rotating body at a predetermined angular interval in the direction of rotation, the workpiece retaining portions being supported by the rotating body in a state where a retaining surface that retains the continuous sheet-like member by suction faces outside in a direction of radius of gyration of the rotating body;
• a cutting member that is positioned at a predetermined location in the direction of rotation to oppose an outer circumferential face of the rotating body;
• a receiver that is provided to the rotating body at a part between workpiece retaining portions adjacently positioned in the direction of rotation, the receiver creating the cut-workpiece on the retaining surface of the workpiece retaining portion by sandwiching and cutting the continuous sheet-like member in cooperation with the cutting member when the continuous sheet-like member passes a location in the direction of rotation where the cutting member is positioned;
• and
• a driving unit that turns around the workpiece retaining portion about an axis of revolution that is in the direction of radius of gyration, wherein
• the receiver is circulated by the rotating body driven to rotate, along a perfect circular orbit with the rotation axis as a center,
• the workpiece retaining portion that is made to pass the location where the cutting member is positioned by the rotating body driven to rotate, changes an orientation of a longitudinal direction of the cut-workpiece by turning around the axis of revolution, and therealong the workpiece retaining portion hands over the cut-workpieces when passing the hand over position, and
• the workpiece retaining portion is positioned so that a part of the workpiece retaining portion passes above the receiver when the workpiece retaining portion turns around the axis of revolution.