Patent ID: 8312907

Claim:
A fiber bundle arranging device for laminating a plurality of fiber bundle layers formed of a fiber bundle, the fiber bundle being engaged with a plurality of arranged pins to have straight parts, an arrangement direction of the pins being an X-axis direction, and a Y-axis direction being perpendicular to the X-axis direction, the fiber bundle arranging device comprising: a pressing member including a pressing portion, which depresses the straight parts of the fiber bundle engaged with the pins toward the roots of the pins in the vicinity of the pins; a guide member for guiding the fiber bundle; a moving device for moving the guide member, the moving device including an X-axis moving part and a Y-axis moving part, the X-axis moving part being configured to move the pressing member in the X-axis direction such that the pressing portion sequentially intersects the straight parts of the fiber bundle and to cause the pressing member to perform the pressing operation, the X-axis moving part including a first movable body, which moves linearly in the X-axis direction, the Y-axis moving part being supported by the first movable body and including a second movable body, which moves linearly in the Y-axis direction, and the guide member moving together with the combination of the movement of the first movable body and the movement of the second movable body, the pressing member being a flat member oriented perpendicular to the Y-axis direction, wherein the pressing portion is located at the front of the pressing member in the moving direction, and the pressing portion is moved to sequentially intersect the straight parts of the fiber bundle while being inclined such that, toward the front of the pressing member in the moving direction, the distance from the roots of the pins in the laminating direction of the fiber bundle layers increases, the pressing member being configured to move in the X-axis direction so as to follow the pins with which the fiber bundle has been engaged.