Patent ID: 8172210

Claim:
A holding unit for a panel transmitting device provided with a robot of an articulated joint type to hold a panel of various types and transmit between processes, the holding unit comprising: a supporting means comprising an end being movably supported and fixed to the robot and the other end being extended along a width direction of the panel, the supporting means comprising a plurality of plates separated from each other and a plurality of guide bars, each of the guide bars being supported and connected to two of the surfaces of the plates and being provided with a slider reciprocally movable on and along, a circumferential surface of the guide bar; a plurality of moving means, each of which being provided with a moving bar an end of the moving bar being provided at a side of the supporting means to allow the moving bar to be rotated and slide in a thickness direction and a width direction of the panel so that the other end the moving bar may hold the panel; and an auxiliary supporting means for supporting the moving means, the auxiliary supporting means comprising an auxiliary guide bar and an auxiliary moving bar moved along an outer surface of the auxiliary guide bar; and wherein the auxiliary guide bar is disposed parallel with the guide bar and supported to both plate surface of the plate, and the auxiliary moving bar can be reciprocally moved along an outer surface of the auxiliary guide bar and expanded and contacted along its longitudinal direction.