Patent ID: 8919232

Claim:
An optical film transport apparatus for transporting a sheet-like optical film, comprising: a supply device that supplies a strip-shaped optical film; a cutting device that cuts the optical film to a predetermined length; an intermittent transport device that intermittently transports the sheet-like optical films divided by the cutting; a continuous transport device that receives the optical film from the intermittent transport device and continuously transports the optical film; and a control device that exerts control such that the intermittent transport device intermittently transports the sheet-like optical films divided by the cutting, while the supply device feeds the strip-shaped optical film by the predetermined length such that a portion to be cut of the optical film as a target to be cut sequentially by the cutting device reaches a cutting action position, and then, the intermittent transport device transfers a leading one of the optical films to the downstream-side continuous transport device following the intermittent transport device such that a rear end of the leading optical film passes the intermittent transport device in a subsequent intermittent transport operation.