Patent ID: 9371196
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: B65G,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A transportation method of a liquid crystal panel, comprising the following step: Step 1: providing a transportation device, wherein the transportation device comprises a device body, linear rails perpendicularly mounted to the device body and extending horizontally, a plurality of forks mounted in sequence to the linear rails in such a way that the forks each has one end slidably coupled to the linear rails and an opposite end extending horizontally beyond the device body to collectively define a horizontal plane adapted to receive and support thereon a liquid crystal panel, and servo motors mounted to the device body and respectively set at opposite ends of the linear rails, the servo motors being operatively coupled to each of the plurality of forks through a transmission wire having two ends respectively coupled to the servo motors at the two ends of the linear rails to drive the plurality of forks to slide along the linear rails; Step 2: adjusting spacing distance between the plurality of forks according to the size of a liquid crystal panel to be transported; Step 3: operating the transportation device to move the forks to a location under the liquid crystal panel to be transported in order to have the liquid crystal panel positioned on the plurality of forks, wherein the plurality of forks are substantially arranged on a common horizontal plane defined by the linear rails that extend horizontally and the plurality of forks are respectively connected to the transmission wires with the two ends of each of the transmission wires respectively coupled to rotational rings that are coupled to and operatively driven by the servo motors at the two ends of the linear rails in a horizontal direction so as to reduce an overall height of the transportation device to help move the forks to the location under the liquid crystal panel; and Step 4: operating the transportation device to transport the liquid crystal panel to a designated site.