Patent ID: 6152682
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: B23Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A plate material carrying apparatus for carrying materials stored on a material pallet one by one into a plate material processing machine and for carrying products from the plate material processing machine one by one onto a product pallet, said apparatus comprising:a mount frame provided in a vicinity of the plate material processing machine;a plate material taking-in/out area provided in the mount frame;a material wait area and product wait area provided respectively to one side and another side of said plate material taking-in/out area;a first pallet supporting member supporting one of the product pallet and the material pallet in said plate material taking-in/out area;a second pallet supporting member supporting the material pallet in said material wait area;a third pallet supporting member supporting the product pallet in said product wait area;a pallet taking-in/out unit sending member and taking in another product pallet from said first pallet supporting member;a lifter table including a lift stand vertically movable to lift and lower, supporting one of the material pallet and the product pallet, said lifter table being movable between said plate material taking-in/out area and said material wait area;a slat conveyor including a plurality of rotatable supporting rollers said slat conveyor being provided so as to cover a circumference of said plate material taking-in area, said slat conveyor movable between a blockade state wherein an upper part of said plate material taking-in/out area is blockaded by said plurality of supporting rollers and an open state wherein the upper part of the plate material taking-in/out area is opened;a material table configured relative to the mount frame to support only materials for processing or materials processed by said processing machine, said material table being movable along a path disposed above said lifter table between said plate material taking-in/out area and said material wait area; anda slider provided between a position above the plate material processing machine and a position above said slat conveyor so as to move in a carrying direction, said slider including a plurality of vacuum pads adapted to adsorb upper surfaces of the materials to lift and lower and including product clampers clamping end portions of the products.