Patent ID: 8005416
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A gripping device that grips a plate member provided with a long plate body, a first recess formed as a part of the plate body and has a shape recessed along a shorter length of the plate body; and a second recess formed as a part of the plate body at a position spaced apart from the first recess along a longer length of the plate body and has a shape recessed along the shorter length of the plate body, the gripping device comprising: a first movable member entering the first recess; a second movable member entering the second recess; and an opposing member group including at least one opposing member, the opposing member group being opposed to the first and second movable members along the shorter length of the plate body and serving to grip the plate member along the shorter length of the plate body in cooperation with the first and second movable members, wherein the gripping device grips the plate member by causing the second movable member to press against at least two positions of the second recess as well as causing the first movable member to press against a bottom of the first recess.