Method and device for transfer cutting strip-shaped rubber member

A device for transfer cutting a strip-shaped rubber member, comprising:

• a belt conveyor including a belt running in a longitudinal direction of the belt conveyor;
• a transfer unit configured to transfer the strip-shaped rubber member onto the belt conveyor by moving the strip-shaped rubber member in a longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped rubber member while holding a tip portion thereof, the strip-shaped rubber member being at an inclination with respect to the belt conveyor;
• and
• a cutting unit configured to cut off a sheet piece from the strip-shaped rubber member by cutting the strip-shaped rubber member on the belt conveyor in the longitudinal direction of the belt conveyor at one width-direction side of the belt conveyor, yielding a cut-off sheet piece, wherein
• the belt conveyor transports the cut-off sheet piece in the longitudinal direction of the belt conveyor,
• a support member, at one width-direction side of the belt, projectable from a conveying surface of the belt, is provided along with a lifting/lowering unit configured to lift and lower the support member, and
• at a time of transfer of the strip-shaped rubber member by the transfer unit, the support member is lifted by the lifting/lowering unit to project from the conveying surface of the belt, so that the strip-shaped rubber member is raised from the conveying surface of the belt.