Panel-carrying-out apparatus
AssigneeKomatsu Ltd.
InventorsShigekazu Noda, Akio Kawato, Koji Uozumi
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Abstract
A panel-carrying-out apparatus used for conveying panels ejected from a press machine includes: a semicircular sorting conveyor adapted to be driven switchably in a normal direction or a reverse direction; and a pair of straight conveyors respectively disposed at ends of the sorting conveyor. Each of the panels from the press machine is mounted on the center position of the sorting conveyor in terms of a conveying path. Specifically, an arced conveyor included in the sorting conveyor, on which each of the panels is initially mounted, is adapted to be driven switchably in the normal direction or the reverse direction.
Claims8
A panel-carrying-out apparatus for conveying panels which are ejected from a press machine via a transfer robot, the panel-carrying-out apparatus comprising:
- a sorting conveyor located at a position downstream of the transfer robot;
- and
- a pair of straight conveyors respectively disposed at ends of the sorting conveyor,
- wherein the sorting conveyor comprises:
- a linearly-shaped first conveyor opposed to the transfer robot which receives each of the panels transferred by the transfer robot;
- a pair of arced conveyors respectively disposed between the first conveyor and a respective one of the pair of straight conveyors;
- and
- a pair of linearly-shaped second conveyors respectively disposed between the first conveyor and a respective one of the pair of arced conveyors,
- wherein at least the first conveyor is switchably driveable in a normal direction and a reverse direction, and
- wherein the pair of linearly-shaped second conveyors are switchably driveable between at least a high speed and a low speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.