Patent ID: 9123376
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B25J,G11B

Abstract:
1. A line-shaped material conveyance mechanism comprising: a first support member standing on a substrate; a second support member standing on the substrate spaced from the first support member, wherein a virtual line extends across the first and second support members, and wherein a portion of a line-shaped material is stretched between reels across an extension of the virtual line beyond the first support member; a first rotary arm with one end attached to a first rotary shaft standing at a fixed position on the substrate so that a second end of the first rotary arm moves across a surface of the substrate; a second rotary arm with one end attached to a second rotary shaft connected to the second end of the first rotary arm so that a second end of the second rotary arm moves across the surface of the substrate; a guide groove in the substrate, the guide groove having ends that are beyond the first and second support members and that are on a same one side of the virtual line, the guide groove crossing the virtual line so that between the first and second support members the guide groove is on a second side of the virtual line opposite the one side; a third support member attached to the second end of the second rotary arm and that moves along the guide groove; wherein the first and second rotary arms are arranged to move so that, at one of the ends of the guide groove beyond the first support member, the third support member hooks the portion of the line-shaped material stretched across the virtual line and conveys the stretched portion to an opposite one of the ends of the guide groove.