Patent ID: 8443965

Claim:
A take-up machine, comprising upper and lower conveying devices, each having an endless rotating body and a plurality of take-up pads provided on the surface of the endless rotating body, the take-up machine configured to pinch a top face and a bottom face of a resin-molded article with the take-up pads of the upper and lower conveying devices to take up the resin-molded article, wherein the take-up machine is installed along an extrusion line of a resin extruder, wherein a length of each of the take-up pads is multiple times a length of the resin-molded article to be taken up in a lateral direction orthogonal to the extrusion line, and each of the take-up pads has a plurality of supporting portions which are arranged in the lateral direction and capable of supporting resin-molded articles with different shapes, wherein each of the take-up pads has a plurality of recessed portions and flat faces which are alternately arranged in the lateral direction, wherein one of the supporting portions is comprised of a combination of the recessed portions and the flat faces, and wherein another one of the supporting portions is comprised of only the flat faces, and wherein the upper and lower conveying devices are movable in the lateral direction so as to make one of the supporting portions coincide with the extrusion line.