Patent ID: 7231801

Claim:
A panel conveying apparatus for a press line, comprising: a shuttle feeder configured to be movable between presses; and at least one panel position regulating device that is mounted on the shuttle feeder, wherein said panel position regulating device comprises: a panel guide unit configured to guide a panel; a rotating screw axis unit comprising a rotating screw axis and an actuator rotating the rotating screw axis; and a link unit connecting the panel guide unit and the rotating screw axis unit such that a vertical position of the panel guide unit is regulated in response to a rotation of the rotating screw axis, wherein the panel guide unit comprises a body in which a first guide slot is formed, wherein the link unit comprises: a first nut member and a second nut member respectively connected to the rotating screw axis such that the first and second nut members move in opposite directions in response to rotation of the rotating screw axis; and a first link bar and a second link bar with one end of each being respectively hingedly connected to the first and second nut members, with guide pins respectively provided at opposing ends of the first and second nut members and being slidably disposed in the first guide slot, the first and second link bars being hingedly connected to each other through a hinge pin positioned at predetermined positions, and wherein a second guide slot is formed in the body of the panel guide unit along a vertical direction and the hinge pin is slidably disposed within the second guide slot.