Patent ID: 8528725
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: B65H,H01L,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A conveying device for conveying a belt-like flexible substrate, the conveying device comprising: a substrate conveying device for conveying the flexible substrate while holding the flexible substrate upright, with one end part in a width direction of the flexible substrate being on an upper side; and a substrate retaining device for maintaining a conveyance height of the flexible substrate, wherein the substrate retaining device has: a pair of grip rollers for sandwiching at least an upper-side end part of the flexible substrate; a support mechanism rotatably supporting the pair of grip rollers to contact with or separate from each other; a transmission mechanism coupled to the support mechanism and transmitting a force to pressure contact one of the grip rollers with the other grip roller; a first driving device coupled to the transmission mechanism and configured to adjust a pressure contact force of the pair of grip rollers by performing an angular displacement on a coupled section where the first driving device is coupled to the transmission mechanism; an angle adjusting mechanism coupled to the support mechanism and configured to incline the pair of grip rollers with respect to a conveying direction of the flexible substrate by rotating around a spindle used as a supporting point of the angle adjusting mechanism; and a second driving device coupled to the angle adjusting mechanism and configured to adjust an inclination angle of the pair of grip rollers with respect to the conveying direction of the flexible substrate by performing the angular displacement on a coupled section where the second driving device is coupled to the angle adjusting mechanism.