Patent ID: 7976260

Claim:
A work handling apparatus comprising: a base; a left traveling guide provided so as to extend in a front-and-rear direction at a left side of the base; a right traveling guide provided so as to extend in the front-and-rear direction at a right side of the base; a left extendable sliding arm including a first arm extending in a right-and-left direction and movably supported along the left traveling guide at a left end thereof and at least one extendable arm capable of extending and contracting in the right-and-left direction with respect to the first arm; a right extendable sliding arm including a first arm extending in a right-and-left direction and movably supported along the right traveling guide at a right end thereof and at least one extendable arm capable of extending and contracting in the right-and-left direction with respect to the first arm; the left extendable sliding arm and the right extendable sliding arm being extendable from contracted positions at which the extendable arms of the left extendable sliding arm and the right extendable sliding arm oppose each other and avoid mutual interference in the right-and-left direction to extended positions at which the extendable arms of the left extendable sliding arm and the right extendable sliding arm extend and overlap with each other in the right-and-left direction; an operation spot arranged in an operation area sandwiched between the left traveling guide and the right traveling guide for performing a predetermined operation on a work; and work tools attached to the extendable arms of the left extendable sliding arm and the right extendable sliding arm, respectively, for transferring the work between a predetermined position and the operation spot for performing an operation after transfer.